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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2011
Kiyotoshi Kaneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatoshi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Yagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsunori Kikuchihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyotoshi Kaneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatoshi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Yagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsunori Kikuchihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developer collecting device includes a housing in which an opening disposed opposite to a developer holding member is formed, a collection member that is disposed to be capable of coming in contact with and being separated from the developer holding member and that detaches the developer and collects the detached developer in the housing, a sealing member that is disposed to be capable of coming in contact with and being separated from the developer holding member and that seals up a gap between the developer holding member and the housing, a suction passage to which a suction unit suctioning the developer into the housing is connected, a developer transport unit that transports the developer to one end of the housing, and a filtration member that is tilted so that at least an upper part thereof overlaps with the upside of the developer transport unit in a plan view.