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US08798502B2 Image forming apparatus having toner cartridge including first and second containing units, one of which is configured to contain collected waste toner 有权
具有包括第一和第二容纳单元的调色剂盒的图像形成装置,其中一个被构造成容纳收集的废调色剂

  • Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having toner cartridge including first and second containing units, one of which is configured to contain collected waste toner
  • Patent Title (中): 具有包括第一和第二容纳单元的调色剂盒的图像形成装置,其中一个被构造成容纳收集的废调色剂
  • Application No.: US13906640
    Application Date: 2013-05-31
  • Publication No.: US08798502B2
    Publication Date: 2014-08-05
  • Inventor: 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: JP2007-199949 20070731
  • Main IPC: G03G15/08
  • IPC: G03G15/08
Image forming apparatus having toner cartridge including first and second containing units, one of which is configured to contain collected waste toner
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a housing; a partition wall which is provided in the housing along a substantially vertical direction, the partition wall partitioning an inner space of the housing into a first space and a second space; developing units which are disposed in parallel along the substantially vertical direction in the first space, each of the developing units comprising a first reception opening and a return opening; and developer cartridges which correspond to the plurality of developing units, the developer cartridges being disposed in parallel along the substantially vertical direction in the second space, each of developer cartridges comprising a supply opening and a second reception opening. The first reception openings of the developing units communicate with the supply openings of respective ones of the developer cartridges, and the return openings of the developer units communicate with the second reception openings of respective ones of the developer cartridges.
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