Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14568578Application Date: 2014-12-12
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Publication No.: US09176458B2Publication Date: 2015-11-03
- Inventor: Koichi Imanaka
- 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
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2013-268885 20131226
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G21/10

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a waste toner accommodating unit, a movement member, and a driving mechanism. The image forming unit forms an image by using a toner. The waste toner accommodating unit accommodates a waste toner after being used in the image forming unit. The movement member is supported so as to move in a direction parallel with a falling direction of the waste toner in a toner falling path, through which the waste toner falls, of a movement path of the waste toner that moves from the image forming unit to the waste toner accommodating unit. The driving mechanism reciprocates the movement member in the direction parallel with the falling direction of the waste toner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150185682A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-07-02
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