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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2011
Kazuyuki Yagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Tokunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyotoshi Kaneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatoshi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsunori Kikuchihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Koide, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Yagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Tokunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyotoshi Kaneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatoshi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsunori Kikuchihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Koide, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developer collecting device includes a housing provided with an opening opposed to a developer carrying member, a collecting member provided along an edge of the opening at a downstream end of the opening in a transporting direction in which the developer carrying member transports the developer, a sealing member provided along an edge of the opening at an upstream end of the opening in the transporting direction, a suction path that extends along a longitudinal direction of the housing and that is connected to a suction unit for sucking the developer into the housing, a developer transporting unit that is provided between the opening and the suction path and that transports the developer collected in the housing, a filter member disposed between the developer transporting unit and the suction path, and a hood member disposed between the opening and the filter member and separated from the filter member.