Process unit with cleaner and image forming apparatus comprising the same
US6587666B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 10, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 10, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1624
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a recording paper conveyor, a photosensitive drum, a charger, an exposure, a developer with toner, a transfer, and a cleaner. A process unit has the photosensitive drum and the cleaner in which a blade scrapes a residual toner from the drum, a paddle rotates to move the toner from the drum, and a scraper scraping the toner carried by the arm by its free end which is disposed radially outwardly and near to a rotation locus drawn by a radially directional outer end of an arm of the paddle during a rotation of the paddle.
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