Photocopying – Contact printing – Light boxes
Patent
1994-11-10
1996-12-10
Ramirez, Nestor R.
Photocopying
Contact printing
Light boxes
355305, G03G 2110
Patent
active
055836259
ABSTRACT:
In an image forming apparatus using a cleaner/toner magazine (CTM) which has a waste toner tank and a fresh toner tank formed integrally with each other, a cleaning device has a cleaning blade which scrapes off toner left on a photoconductive element with an edge thereof. The toner removed by the cleaning blade is magnetically deposited on a rotatable magnet member whose outer periphery is magnetized. A scraper member contacts the magnet member in the waste toner tank and scrapes off the toner from the magnet member which is in rotation. As a result, the toner is collected in a collection space defined in the waste toner tank. A shutter can also be provided to prevent toner from flying about via an opening of the collection space. Such a shutter may include a shutter body, a lever operatively connected to the shutter body, and a spring biasing the lever in a direction in which the shutter body closes.
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Ramirez Nestor R.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
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