Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Minoru Niwa

Kouji Ohta

Yoshiaki Abe

Masaaki Takahashi

Yoko Miyamoto

Yukio Hayashi

Takashi Kawabata

Shuji Iseki

Tatsuya Soga

Naoto Yoshino

Masao Ohkubo

A tandem type image forming apparatus having plural image forming bodies and an intermediate transfer belt is provided, in which the intermediate transfer belt can be spaced from the image carrying bodies without causing any damage on the intermediate transfer belt. A retracting unit is provided which retracts a belt module along with a secondary transfer module such that a belt-shaped intermediate transfer belt is spaced from all of image carrying bodies.

Tandem type image forming apparatus

A cleaning device for removing and collecting toner lest on the surface of a photoreceptor includes a housing, a rotary shaft rotatably supported by the housing and a brush, provided on the outer surface of the rotary shaft, for scraping off toner from the surface of the photoreceptor, a bar-like member fastened at both ends thereof to the housing and positioned at a location where the bar-like member is flicked with upon the rotation of the brush, an auger, positioned at a predetermined location within the housing, for transporting the toner scraped off to a given direction, and the bar-like member being disposed so as to prevent the auger from being further moved from the predetermined position and from contacting with the brush. Further, an image forming apparatus includes an earth plate fastened to the side wall of the housing is provided with first and second plate-like terminals, the first terminal is in contact with the end of a shaft of the cleaning brush, and the second terminal is in contact with the end of the flicker bar.

Cleaning device for the xerography machine

A cleaning device for removing and collecting toner left on the surface of a photoreceptor includes a housing, a rotary shaft rotatably supported by the housing and a brush, provided on the outer surface of the rotary shaft, for scraping off toner from the surface of the photoreceptor, a bar-like member fastened at both ends thereof to the housing and positioned at a location where the bar-like member is flicked with upon the rotation of the brush, an auger, positioned at a predetermined location within the housing, for transporting the toner scraped off to a given direction, and the bar-like member being disposed so as to prevent the auger from being further moved from the predetermined position and from contacting with the brush. Further, an image forming apparatus includes an earth plate fastened to the side wall of the housing is provided with first and second plate-like terminals, the first terminal is in contact with the end of a shaft of the cleaning brush, and the second terminal is in contact with the end of the flicker bar.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Minoru Niwa