Waste developer collecting container for color image forming apparatus
US7391990B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 17, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 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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