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Patent No.:

US 11397402 B1

Date of Patent:

Jul. 26, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2021

Image forming apparatus capable of suppressing upsizing of the apparatus and of simplifying a feeding passage of a collected developer

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Takashi Ninomiya, Chiba, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Venable LLP

Primary Examiner:

William J Royer

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/12 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G03G 21/12 (2013.01); G03G 15/1615 (2013.01);

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an intermediary transfer belt provided at a position overlapping with an image forming portion as viewed in a vertical direction, a first mounting portion having a mountable first collecting container for collecting residual toner discharged from the image forming portion, and a second mounting portion having a mountable second collecting container for collecting the residual toner. The first and second mounting portions are provided below the intermediary transfer belt and disposed side by side perpendicular to a rotational axis direction of the image bearing member, and wherein as viewed in the vertical direction, the first mounting portion is provided at a position where at least a part of the first mounting portion overlaps with the intermediary transfer belt, and the second mounting portion is provided at a position where at least a part of the second mounting portion overlaps with the intermediary transfer belt.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Ninomiya, Takashi. (2022). Image forming apparatus capable of suppressing upsizing of the apparatus and of simplifying a feeding passage of a collected developer (U.S. Patent No. 11397402). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11397402

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