Invention Grant
US09052642B2 Image forming apparatus having cleaning unit including waste developer box
有权
具有包括废弃显影剂盒的清洁单元的图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having cleaning unit including waste developer box
- Patent Title (中): 具有包括废弃显影剂盒的清洁单元的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14456800Application Date: 2014-08-11
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Publication No.: US09052642B2Publication Date: 2015-06-09
- Inventor: Susumu Sakuma
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2008-125755 20080513
- Main IPC: G03G15/01
- IPC: G03G15/01 ; G03G15/16 ; G03G21/10 ; G03G15/095 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit including a plurality of photoconductor drums arranged in tandem; a conveyor belt arranged opposite to the photoconductor drums and configured to convey a recording sheet; and a cleaning unit including a cleaning member positioned in contact with the conveyor belt and configured to collect substance adhering to the conveyor belt, and a receptacle configured to store the substance collected by the cleaning member. The cleaning member is arranged on the same side as the image forming unit with respect to the conveyor belt and upstream from the image forming unit as viewed in a sheet conveyance direction along which the recording sheet is conveyed on the conveyor belt, and the image forming unit and the cleaning unit are pulled out together from a main body of the image forming apparatus toward an upstream side of the sheet conveyance direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140348554A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2014-11-27
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