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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2010
Tsutomu Komiyama, Ebina, JP;
Masaaki Takahashi, Ebina, JP;
Kazuyuki Kouda, Yokohama, JP;
Kazutoshi Sugitani, Ebina, JP;
Tsutomu Komiyama, Ebina, JP;
Masaaki Takahashi, Ebina, JP;
Kazuyuki Kouda, Yokohama, JP;
Kazutoshi Sugitani, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image formation device includes an image carrier that holds developed images, a transfer body that transfers the developed images held by the image carrier to a recording medium, a cleaning unit that cleans developer on the transfer body, a developer container in which the developer removed by the cleaning unit is deposited, and a sucking unit that sucks the developer leaking from the developer container, the transfer body having at least a rotating member of which both ends are rotatably supported, and the sucking unit having a suction hole opening at least at one end of the rotating member.