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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2011
Daisuke Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Kawahara, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Shintani, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Kuwabara, Kanagawa, JP;
Akio Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Kawahara, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Shintani, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Kuwabara, Kanagawa, JP;
Akio Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a cleaning device that collects a waste toner attached to the surface of the image carrier using a cleaning member, a waste container that is removable from an image forming apparatus body, a temporary storage unit that is provided in the image forming apparatus body to temporarily store a waste including the waste toner collected in the cleaning device before the waste is transported to the waste container, and a waste transport unit that transports the waste to the temporary storage unit, wherein a discharge speed of the waste from the temporary storage unit by the waste discharge unit is lower than a transport speed of the waste to the temporary storage unit by the waste transport unit.