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Waste developer collecting container for color image forming apparatus

US7391990B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 17, 2005
Grant dateJun 24, 2008
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/1869
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A color image forming apparatus includes: process printing units each having a photoreceptor drum; a transfer belt to which toner images are transferred; a transfer roller for transferring, as a whole, the toner images on the transfer belt to recording paper; a cleaning unit for collecting the remaining developers that have been left over on the photoreceptor drums and the transfer belt, is constructed such that a positioning sub-frame which is set with a developer collecting container for storing the collected developers and positions the process printing units relative to the housing, on one side of the apparatus body is removably attached to the housing.

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