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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1998
Hisahiro Kato, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Hashizume, Osaka, JP;
Akinobu Nakahata, Osaka, JP;
Michio Uchida, Osaka, JP;
Shinya Kawakami, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Inui, Kokogawa, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A device for recovering toner in an image-forming machine includes a cleaning mechanism for removing the toner that remains on an image carrier, a toner conveyer mechanism for conveying the toner removed by said cleaning mechanism, and a toner recovery container for containing the toner conveyed by said toner conveyer mechanism. The toner conveyer mechanism includes a toner conveying pipe connected at its one end to said cleaning mechanism and having, at its other end, a toner discharge port that faces a toner reception port formed in said toner recovery container, a toner conveying member in the form of a coil arranged in said toner conveying pipe and is coupled at its one end to a rotary member, and a toner-scraping member mounted on the other end of said toner conveying member and rotates together with said toner conveying member.