Image forming apparatus with removable waste toner container and exposable feeding path
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShougo Sato
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a chassis having an opening, a cover, photosensitive members, an intermediate transfer belt, a primary-transfer member, a secondary-transfer roller, a cleaner device, an external-sheet inlet, a waste toner container, a connector, and a conveying roller, which is arranged within the feeding path to feed the recording sheet inserted through the external-sheet inlet in the feeding path. The conveying roller is mounted on the waste toner container and removable from the chassis along with the waste toner container.
Claims26
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording sheet, comprising:
- a chassis having an opening formed on one side thereof;
- a photosensitive drum stored in the chassis;
- an intermediate transfer belt arranged to face the photosensitive drum;
- a first roller arranged in a lower position with respect to the intermediate transfer belt, the first roller being configured to convey the recording sheet from the one side of the chassis toward another side of the chassis opposite from the one side;
- a second roller arranged to face the first roller, the second roller being a drive roller mounted on the chassis;
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- a unit configured to support the first roller, the unit being slidable between a drawn-out position, in which the first roller is drawn outside the chassis through the opening, and a stored position, in which the first roller is stored inside the chassis, wherein the unit comprises a third roller arranged in a position displaced from the first roller in a recording sheet-conveying direction.
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording sheet, comprising:
- a chassis having an opening formed on one side thereof;
- a photosensitive drum stored in the chassis;
- an intermediate transfer belt arranged to face the photosensitive drum;
- a first roller arranged in a lower position with respect to the intermediate transfer belt, the first roller being configured to convey the recording sheet from the one side of the chassis toward another side of the chassis opposite from the one side;
- a second roller arranged to face the first roller, the second roller being a drive roller mounted on the chassis;
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- a unit configured to support the first roller, the unit being slidable between a drawn-out position, in which the first roller is drawn outside the chassis through the opening, and a stored position, in which the first roller is stored inside the chassis, wherein the unit being in the stored position is arranged between the intermediate transfer belt and the second roller.
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording sheet, comprising:
- a chassis having an opening formed on one side thereof;
- a photosensitive drum stored in the chassis;
- an intermediate transfer belt arranged to face the photosensitive drum;
- a first roller arranged in a lower position with respect to the intermediate transfer belt, the first roller being configured to convey the recording sheet from the one side of the chassis toward another side of the chassis opposite from the one side;
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- a unit configured to support the first roller, the unit being slidable between a drawn-out position, in which the first roller is drawn outside the chassis through the opening, and a stored position, in which the first roller is stored inside the chassis;
- wherein the first roller is a driven roller.
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording sheet, comprising:
- a chassis having an opening formed on one side thereof;
- a photosensitive drum stored in the chassis;
- an intermediate transfer belt arranged to face the photosensitive drum;
- a first roller arranged in a lower position with respect to the intermediate transfer belt, the first roller being configured to convey the recording sheet from the one side of the chassis toward another side of the chassis opposite from the one side;
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- a unit configured to support the first roller, the unit being slidable between a drawn-out position, in which the first roller is drawn outside the chassis through the opening, and a stored position, in which the first roller is stored inside the chassis, wherein the unit comprises a guide rib configured to guide the recording sheet.
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording sheet, comprising:
- a chassis having an opening formed on one side thereof;
- a photosensitive drum stored in the chassis;
- an intermediate transfer belt arranged to face the photosensitive drum;
- a first roller arranged in a lower position with respect to the intermediate transfer belt, the first roller being configured to convey the recording sheet from the one side of the chassis toward another side of the chassis opposite from the one side;
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- a unit configured to support the first roller, the unit being slidable between a drawn-out position, in which the first roller is drawn outside the chassis through the opening, and a stored position, in which the first roller is stored inside the chassis, and the unit being removable from the chassis while the intermediate transfer belt remains inside the chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.