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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Takehiro Nakajima, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/10 (2006.01); G03G 21/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/105 (2013.01); G03G 21/10 (2013.01); G03G 21/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cleaning unit includes a cleaning member, a storage case, and a transport member. The cleaning member collects waste toner on a surface of the photoconductive drum. The storage case successively stores the waste toner collected by the cleaning member through an inlet. The transport member is provided in the storage case, and rotates to transport the waste toner in the storage case in a rotary axis direction. The transport member rotates with a central portion in the rotary axis direction protruding toward the inlet further than both side portions.