Waste toner collecting apparatus and image forming apparatus

Details Waste toner collecting apparatus and image forming apparatus Waste toner collecting apparatus and image forming apparatus

2011-04-19

2011-04-19

Tran, Hoan (Department: 2884)

Electrophotography

Cleaning of imaging surface

Having handling of removed material

C399S035000, C399S120000

Reexamination Certificate

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07929898

ABSTRACT:
A tandem type image forming apparatus drives an agitation paddle when the waste toner defecated from a plurality of image forming units and flowed and collected in a single waste toner containing member by way of the first collection port thereof gets to a predetermined level in order to level the height of the waste toner in the waste toner containing member. The quantity of waste toner flowed by way of the first collection port is estimated from the quantity of the toners supplied from the toner cartridges of the development apparatus.

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