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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2007
Applicants:
Jong-in Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Myoung-su Baek, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Jong-in Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Myoung-su Baek, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A waste toner transfer device of an image forming apparatus includes a waste toner transfer unit which is disposed in proximity to a cleaning member to transfer waste toner removed from a photoconductive medium by the cleaning member, and includes a plurality of protrusions at one end, a driving unit which horizontally reciprocates the waste toner transfer unit, and a plurality of ribs which constrain the plurality of protrusions when the waste toner transfer unit moves, so that the waste toner transfer unit vibrates vertically.