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.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image in toner on a recording sheet being conveyed, comprising:
- a chassis having an opening formed on a face thereof;
- an external-sheet inlet, which is formed on the face of the chassis and through which the recording sheet is externally supplied to the image forming apparatus;
- a conveying path configured to convey therein the recording sheet being inserted through the external-sheet inlet;
- an intermediate transfer belt configured to have a toner image formed thereon and configured to transfer the toner image onto the recording sheet being conveyed;
- a cleaner device configured to collect residual toner from the intermediate transfer belt;
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- a waste toner container configured to store the residual toner collected by the cleaner device, the waste toner container having a handle on one side thereof and a joint, through which the waste toner container is communicable with the cleaner device, on an opposite side from the handle in an upper position with respect to the conveying path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.