Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Collected toner container
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Application No.: US14313092Application Date: 2014-06-24
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Publication No.: US09678469B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Toshihide Shima
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2013-133291 20130626; JP2014-118393 20140609
- Main IPC: G03G21/12
- IPC: G03G21/12 ; G03G21/10

Abstract:
A collected toner container includes a container with a collecting port receiving a collected toner on one end in a longitudinal direction and a conveying member convey the toner collected from the collecting port from the one end toward the other end. The conveying member includes a plurality of forward conveyance sections and a plurality of reverse conveyance sections configured to convey the toner in a direction opposite to the forward conveyance section. The reverse conveyance sections are arranged alternately with the forward conveyance sections in an axial direction and a length of a downstreammost reverse conveyance section, in the direction of conveyance of the forward conveyance sections, is formed to be longest among the plurality of reverse conveyance sections.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150003881A1 COLLECTED TONER CONTAINER Public/Granted day:2015-01-01
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