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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Ninomiya, Chiba, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a toner image to form a toner image, an intermediary transfer belt onto which the toner image is transferred, a first detachable collecting container to collect residual toner discharged from the image forming portion, and a second detachable collecting container to collect the residual toner discharged from the image forming portion. The first and second collecting containers are provided below a lower surface of the intermediary transfer belt and disposed side by side in a widthwise direction perpendicular to a rotational axis direction of the image bearing member, and at least a part of the first and second collecting containers overlap with the intermediary transfer belt as viewed in the vertical direction. In addition, a length of each of the first and second collecting containers in the widthwise direction is longer than the length in a height direction.
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