Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Collection device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US13779825Application Date: 2013-02-28
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Publication No.: US08971736B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Mayu Wakamatsu , Hiroshige Hiramatsu , Yoshiyuki Okazaki , Masamitsu Takahashi , Takamasa Tsukada
- Applicant: Mayu Wakamatsu , Hiroshige Hiramatsu , Yoshiyuki Okazaki , Masamitsu Takahashi , Takamasa Tsukada
- 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: JP2012-044603 20120229
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G21/10 ; G03G21/12 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A collection device including: an accommodation part configured to accommodate therein collected adhering substance; and a detection part configured to detect an amount of the adhering substance in the accommodation part and including, a moving member configured to move from a first position to a second position, the accommodation part being capable of accommodating therein the adhering substance when the moving member is arranged at the first position and being full of the adhering substance when the moving member is in the second position, and a restraining member configured to restrain the moving member from moving from the first position to the second position when the moving member is arranged at the first position, and restrain the moving member from moving from the second position to the first position when the moving member is arranged at the second position.
Public/Granted literature
- US09086673B2 Collection device and image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2015-07-21
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