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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ho-jin Jang, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong-geun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Byeong-no Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Ji-won Moon, Suwon-si, KR;
Seung-chan Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A toner cartridge and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus are provided. The toner cartridge attachable to, or detachable from a main body of an image forming apparatus includes a toner containing unit, a waste toner containing unit that is disposed below the toner containing unit in a gravitational direction and comprises a waste toner inlet through which waste toner flows, a first waste toner transporting member that transports the waste toner from the waste toner inlet in a length direction of the waste toner containing unit, and a second waste toner transporting member that transports the waste toner that is transported in the length direction of the waste toner containing unit in a width direction of the waste toner containing unit to disperse the waste toner in an inner portion of the waste toner containing unit, wherein a rotational center of the second waste toner transporting member is lower than a rotational center of the first waste toner transporting member.