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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 2/112 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 2/112 ;
Abstract
A collection vessel has a shutter for opening and closing collection ports . A rotation shaft of the shutter is provided with an opening/closing piece . The opening/closing piece abuts a protrusion on an image formation apparatus main unit and opens the shutter largely so that a discharge section inserted into the collection port does not abut. The collection port is made a long hole so as to allow the discharge section to move. Further, the shutter is formed integrally with a plurality of door parts so as to open or close the collection ports by one operation.