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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2008
Hiroshi Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Tokuya Ojimi, Kawasaki, JP;
Shuji Tanaka, Chigasaki, JP;
Ken Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Koike, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kawasaki, JP;
Michiya Okamoto, Zama, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagashima, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuo Kuwabara, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiko Shakuto, Zama, JP;
Hiroshi Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Tokuya Ojimi, Kawasaki, JP;
Shuji Tanaka, Chigasaki, JP;
Ken Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Koike, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kawasaki, JP;
Michiya Okamoto, Zama, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagashima, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuo Kuwabara, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiko Shakuto, Zama, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A used toner conveyance device includes a lateral conveyance member for conveying used toner substantially in the horizontal direction, and a vertical conveyance member for upwardly conveying the used toner transferred from the lateral conveyance member. The vertical conveyance member transfers the used toner to either a collection space or a next conveyance path. The vertical conveyance member stops its operation when a prescribed delay time has elapsed after the lateral conveyance member stops conveyance operation.