Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process cartridge and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16228132Application Date: 2018-12-20
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Publication No.: US10579011B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Hideshi Nishiyama , Atsushi Fukaya , Aya Adachi , Ryosuke Hayashi , Masaaki Furukawa , Shougo Sato
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2016-073467 20160331; JP2016-073470 20160331; JP2016-073471 20160331
- Main IPC: G03G21/18
- IPC: G03G21/18 ; G03G21/10 ; G03G21/12

Abstract:
A process cartridge including a drum cartridge, a developing cartridge, and a waste toner container, is provided. The drum cartridge includes a photosensitive drum including a photosensitive layer and a rotation axis extending in an axial direction, a drum cleaner arranged to contact the photosensitive drum, a cleaner frame configured to accommodate the drum cleaner therein, and a waste toner conveyer tube connected with the cleaner frame. The developing cartridge is movable to be attached to and detached from the drum cartridge and includes a developer roller. The waste toner container is movable to be attached to and detached from the drum cartridge. When the developing cartridge and the waste toner container are attached to the drum cartridge, the waste toner container is connected with the waste toner conveyer tube and is located on an opposite side of the developing cartridge to the photosensitive drum.
Public/Granted literature
- US10545454B2 Process cartridge and image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2020-01-28
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