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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Matsumoto, Toride, JP;
Shinichi Takata, Abiko, JP;
Yushi Oka, Abiko, JP;
Ryou Sakaguchi, Toride, JP;
Kentaro Tamura, Toride, JP;
Hiromichi Koseki, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier; an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on the image carrier by using toner, based on image information; a transfer unit configured to transfer the toner image formed on the image carrier to a sheet; a cleaning unit configured to clean toner on the image carrier; a collected toner box in which the toner cleaned by the cleaning unit is collected; a rotating member configured to be rotated for moving the toner in the collected toner box; and a controller configured to control, based on the image information, whether or not to rotate the rotating member.