Toner collecting apparatus

Details Toner collecting apparatus Toner collecting apparatus

1986-09-03

1988-03-08

Grimley, Arthur T.

Photocopying

Projection printing and copying cameras

Combined with or convertible to a contact printer

118652, G03G 2100

Patent

active

047302054

ABSTRACT:
Toner collecting apparatus in which a toner collecting container for collecting toner remaining on the surface of a photosensitive drum in a copying machine or a facsimile machine is provided, at the lower side thereof, with a toner receiving port, a sponge roller for rotatingly feeding collected tone disposed adjacent the toner receiving port, and an optical detector for detecting that a predetermined amount or more toner has been collected in the toner collecting container. The optical detector, is disposed on the toner collecting container. At least those portions of the toner collecting container located opposite to the optical detector are made of a light-permeable material.

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