Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15654107Application Date: 2017-07-19
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Publication No.: US09904235B2Publication Date: 2018-02-27
- Inventor: Koichi Imanaka , Takashi Morita
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tamatsukuri, Chuo-ku, Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tamatsukuri, Chuo-ku, Osaka
- Agency: IP Business Solutions, LLC
- Priority: JP2016-148956 20160728
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G21/10 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
A cleaning device includes a toner storing container that stores a collected toner, a conveyance screw that conveys toner in the toner storing container, and a toner crushing member that crushes the toner accumulated in the toner storing container. The toner crushing member is formed so as to include: a supporting portion being attached above a rotation axis of the conveyance screw; and a plurality of elastic pieces each extending from the supporting portion toward the conveyance screw and being swung by a fin that rotates in association with the rotation of the conveyance screw. Each of the elastic pieces is formed with a raised portion rising toward the seal member, so that the elastic pieces come in contact with the seal member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180032025A1 CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-02-01
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