Image forming apparatus including a removing member for removing toner from a toner collecting member
US7480470B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 7, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 18, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/1614
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The image forming apparatus has an image bearing member, a detecting member, a toner image forming apparatus, a transfer member and a collecting member for collecting toner of a toner image for detection attached to the transfer member rotating while contacting with the transfer member, and removing member for removing the toner collected into said collecting member from the collecting member in a removing area. In the image forming apparatus, a portion of the collecting member contacts the transfer member passes through the removing area by a time when said collecting member next contacts with the transfer member, and by a time when a portion of the collecting member which contacts a portion of the transfer member contacts the toner image for detection next contacts the portion of the transfer member contacts with the toner image for detection, said collecting member passes through the removing area at least two times.
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