Photocopying – Contact printing – Light boxes
Patent
1992-02-14
1993-02-02
Grimley, A. T.
Photocopying
Contact printing
Light boxes
355260, 355297, 355298, 222160, 222325, 222DIG1, G03G 2100
Patent
active
051841843
ABSTRACT:
A copier, facsimile transceiver, printer or similar electrophotographic image forming apparatus uses a toner cartridge whose volume decreases when released a toner. A cartridge collecting section for collecting toner cartridges is lower in height than the cartridge when the cartridge is filled with a toner. The cartridge has top plate, a bottom plate and sides which are implemented by an elastic member or a film-like member. The cartridge collecting section, a waste toner tank and a photoconductive element storing section are constructed into a unit which is removable from the apparatus body.
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Hayashi Keisuke
Ishigaki Kouji
Kishi Fumio
Nakahara Kazuyuki
Yanagida Masato
Grimley A. T.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
Smith Matthew S.
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