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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2020
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Kazutoshi Sugitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Shirai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hibiki Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyotoshi Kaneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Kamiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device is provided with: a cleaning component that cleans waste toner from an image holder, the image holder holding, on a surface thereof, a toner image formed by an image forming component and moving in a circulating manner; and a waste toner conveying component that conveys the waste toner toward a waste toner storage unit. The cleaning device has a receiving opening through which waste powder recovered from the image forming component is received, and the waste powder received through the receiving opening is conveyed to the waste toner storage unit by being passed through inside the cleaning device.