Cleaning unit, image forming apparatus using the same, and cleaner
US7962066B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/0029
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A cleaning unit includes a cleaner. The cleaner includes: a support member; a toner scraping member; and a toner storing mechanism. The toner storing mechanism includes: a toner catching member provided in a vicinity of a leading end of the toner scraping member so as to catch the toner scraped off; and a swingably supporting mechanism which supports swingably the toner catching member with a middle portion of the toner catching member as a swing fulcrum. A free end portion of the toner catching member protruding from the toner scraping member in the moving direction is a storage moving portion which moves based on an amount of the stored toner, and a portion opposite to the free end portion with respect to the swing fulcrum is a press portion which presses the toner scraping member toward the cleaned member based on a moving amount of the storage moving portion.
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