Image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming sections and a plurality of discharging pipes
US8346151B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 5, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0827
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of image forming sections respectively including developing portions and first removing portions as defined herein; a plurality discharging pipes as defined herein; and a delivery pipe as defined herein, the delivery pipe includes a changing portion in which a direction of delivering the coloring materials is changed to an upper side, and, among the discharging pipes, a discharging pipe that is downward extended from one of the first removing portions that is placed on a most downstream side in the oblique direction is disposed downstream from the changing portion of the delivery pipe in the delivering direction, and has a length shorter than lengths of the other discharging pipes.
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