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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2010
Toshio Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Azeyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Michiya Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Azeyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Michiya Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A waste-toner collecting device includes a waste toner collector that collects and stores therein non-transferred toner as waste toner conveyed from a cleaning unit via the conveying path; and a leveling member that levels waste toner accumulated inside the waste toner collector, and drive of which is controlled so that driving conditions thereof are varied based on information of an image formed on the image carrier. The switching of the driving conditions of the leveling member is controlled so as to be performed after a delay time during which the non-transferred toner collected in the cleaning unit reaches the waste-toner collector via the conveying path.