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Developer and image forming apparatus including the same

US8422893B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 2010
Grant dateApr 16, 2013
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Expiry dateFeb 2, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G21/1892
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A developer of an image-forming apparatus includes a photoconductor, a housing comprising a waste toner container in which waste toner removed from the photoconductor is contained, and a recessed portion depressed downwardly in a center portion of an upper wall of the waste toner container, the center portion corresponding to a center portion of the photoconductor in a lengthwise direction to move toner away from the center portion.

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