Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13334918Application Date: 2011-12-22
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Publication No.: US08725009B2Publication Date: 2014-05-13
- Inventor: Daisuke Tomita , Shinichi Kawahara , Takeshi Shintani , Nobuo Kuwabara , Akio Kosuge
- Applicant: Daisuke Tomita , Shinichi Kawahara , Takeshi Shintani , Nobuo Kuwabara , Akio Kosuge
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2010-285988 20101222
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/00 ; G03G21/12
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a cleaning device that collects a waste toner attached to the surface of the image carrier using a cleaning member, a waste container that is removable from an image forming apparatus body, a temporary storage unit that is provided in the image forming apparatus body to temporarily store a waste including the waste toner collected in the cleaning device before the waste is transported to the waste container, and a waste transport unit that transports the waste to the temporary storage unit, wherein a discharge speed of the waste from the temporary storage unit by the waste discharge unit is lower than a transport speed of the waste to the temporary storage unit by the waste transport unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120163837A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-06-28
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