Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having waste toner container that stores toner removed from intermediate transfer belt
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Application No.: US14658523Application Date: 2015-03-16
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Publication No.: US09304486B2Publication Date: 2016-04-05
- Inventor: Hirotaka Mori , Hiroshi Nakano , Noboru Suzuki , Shougo Sato
- 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: JP2010-075624 20100329
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/16 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G15/01 ; G03G21/12 ; G03G21/10 ; G03G21/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a chassis having a first opening on a first side, a cover, movable between an open position and a closed position, a plurality of photosensitive members, an intermediate transfer belt, a plurality of primary transfer members, a secondary transfer roller, a first feed roller, a cleaner device, a waste toner container, which is removably installed in the chassis through the first opening and settled in a position opposite from the plurality of photosensitive members across the intermediate transfer belt, to store residual toner collected by the cleaner device, a connector, a first feeding path, a second feeding path, and a second feed roller. The second feed roller is rotatably supported by the cover and movable along with the cover to yield the first opening to the waste toner container when the cover is in the open position.
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