Invention Grant
US09176455B2 Cleaning apparatus, image forming apparatus, and toner crushing member
有权
清洁装置,图像形成装置和调色剂破碎构件
- Patent Title: Cleaning apparatus, image forming apparatus, and toner crushing member
- Patent Title (中): 清洁装置,图像形成装置和调色剂破碎构件
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Application No.: US14481923Application Date: 2014-09-10
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Publication No.: US09176455B2Publication Date: 2015-11-03
- Inventor: Hirokazu Fujii
- Applicant: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agent James W. Judge
- Priority: JP2013-187475 20130910
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G21/10

Abstract:
A cleaning apparatus includes a blade, a screw, a toner crushing member, and a casing. The toner crushing member is located in contact with the screw. The toner crushing member is provided in association with the screw and configured to crush toner accumulated between the screw and the blade, by being swung by the screw rotating. The casing houses the screw and the toner crushing member. The screw rotates in the direction reverse to the rotational direction of the photoreceptor drum. The toner crushing member is configured having a first part and a second part, with a base-end side of the first part being secured to the casing, and the second part being folded back along a distal-end side of the first part, such that a distal-end side of the second part swings between the blade and the screw, in association with the rotation of the screw.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150071691A1 Cleaning Apparatus, Image Forming Apparatus, and Toner Crushing Member Public/Granted day:2015-03-12
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