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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2006
Applicant:
Hirohito Konishi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Hirohito Konishi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A toner delivery mechanism is arranged between a cleaning device and a toner collection receptacle, and includes a collection pipe for delivering toner from the cleaning device to the toner collection receptacle, and a collection spiral that extends into the collection pipe and rotates. The collection spiral is formed to reciprocate in the toner delivery direction in conjunction with the rotational drive thereof.