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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2006
Eisaku Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Yoshizawa, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Zemba, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Kurimoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Ishii Hiroshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Eisaku Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Yoshizawa, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Zemba, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Kurimoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Ishii Hiroshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a frame body, a frame cover supported by the frame body so as to be capable of opening and closing, an image forming unit that forms a toner image on an image carrier, a cleaning unit that removes and collects residual toner from the image carrier, and a toner container for accumulating the toner collected by the cleaning unit. The toner container is supported by the frame cover.