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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2007
Applicants:
Seung-chan Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Myoung-su Baek, Swon-si, KR;
Soon-seok Kwon, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/12 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cleaning apparatus include a cleaning member to remove a waste toner remaining in a photoconductive medium and a housing to support the cleaning member, including a waste toner admission portion to provide a transfer path of the waste toner removed by the cleaning member, and a waste toner collecting portion to store the waste toner. The housing has a first thickness corresponding to the waste toner admission portion and a second thickness corresponding to the waste toner collecting portion so that the first thickness is smaller than the second thickness.