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Powder container and image forming apparatus

A kind of container and powder technology, which is applied to the electric recording process using the charge pattern, the equipment and the instrument of the electric recording process using the charge pattern, etc., can solve the problem that it is difficult to effectively suppress the retention of the toner, and achieve a small size of the device effect of softening and preventing toner clogging

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-06-23
RICOH KK
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[0008] However, the image forming apparatus disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 needs to have a surplus space for the movement of the waste toner container inside the image forming apparatus because the entire waste toner container moves, so there is a problem that causes the size of the apparatus to increase. The problem
Moreover, in the structure in which the entire waste toner container is active, especially near the entrance where toner accumulation is likely to occur, it is difficult to effectively suppress the toner stagnation.

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[0062] Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[0063] figure 1 It is a cross-sectional view roughly showing the color image forming apparatus 1 . The main parts of the image forming apparatus 1 will be described below based on this figure. The image forming apparatus 1 includes four processing units 1K, 1Y, 1M, and 1C for forming images using developers corresponding to the color components of various color images, namely black, yellow, magenta, and cyan.

[0064] The above-mentioned process units 1K, 1Y, 1M, 1C each have the same structure except that they have corresponding toner tanks 6K, 6Y, 6M, 6C for storing unused toners of different colors. The following uses a processing unit 1K as an example to illustrate the structure of the processing unit 1K. The processing unit 1K includes a photosensitive drum 2K as a carrier, a drum cleaning device 3K as a cleaning mechanism, a discharge device (not shown), a charging de...

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The present invention relates to a powder container and an image forming apparatus, and the project of the invention is to provide a powder container, capable of moving effectively powder, e.g. toner, stacked nearby an inlet. The powder container (10) having a container housing (50) with an inlet part (53) for feeding powder, is provided with a movable bottom (63), forming the inner bottom face (62) of the container housing (50) nearby the inlet part (53) and capable of moving; and an operation part (66), arranged on the lower of the movable bottom (63) and exposed outside the container housing (50) for making the movable bottom (63) to move.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a powder container and an image forming apparatus using the powder container as a waste toner container. Background technique [0002] In image forming devices, such as copiers, printers, facsimile devices, or multifunction machines of these devices, waste toner containers are often used to store waste toner that is removed from image carriers such as photoreceptors or intermediate transfer belts after image transfer. waste toner. [0003] The waste toner container is detachable from the main body of the image forming apparatus. When the waste toner container is full of toner, the waste toner container needs to be replaced. In consideration of user convenience, it is desirable to increase the toner capacity of the waste toner container as much as possible so as to reduce the number of replacements of the waste toner container. [0004] On the other hand, the miniaturization of the image forming apparatus requires a wa...

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IPC IPC(8): G03G15/08G03G21/12
Inventor 村松武流
Owner RICOH KK