Image forming apparatus with dehumidifying heater

Details Image forming apparatus with dehumidifying heater Image forming apparatus with dehumidifying heater

2011-06-21

2011-06-21

Grainger, Quana M (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Cleaning of imaging surface

Having handling of removed material

Reexamination Certificate

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07965973

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member; an image forming section to form a toner image on the image carrying member; a transferring section to transfer the toner image formed on the image carrying member to a sheet; a fixing section to fix the toner image onto the sheet; a sheet feeding section to feed a sheet to the transferring section; a sheet tray to store sheets to be fed by the sheet feeding section; a dehumidifying heater arranged to the sheet tray and to perform dehumidification for sheets; a waste toner box arranged to adjoin the sheet tray and to accommodate waste toner; and a partition member arranged between the sheet tray and the waste toner box and between the dehumidifying heater and the waste toner box.

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