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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhiro Nakachi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/10 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/10 (2013.01); G03G 21/203 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with a printing portion, a waste toner collection portion that includes a conveyance member that is driven by a motor, and conveys waste toner, thereby to collect the waste toner in a waste toner container, a current detection portion for detecting a motor current value, a fan that discharges scattering toner, and a control portion. In driving the fan, the control portion detects a value of the motor current value and sets rotation speed of the fan so that the larger said detected value of the motor current value, the higher the rotation speed.