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.
Claims11
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 plurality of photosensitive drums stored in the chassis and aligned along a predetermined direction;
- an intermediate transfer belt arranged to face the plurality of photosensitive drums;
- a first roller arranged in a lower position with respect to the intermediate transfer belt, the first roller being configured to convey the sheet in a direction from the one side of the chassis toward the other side opposite from the one side;
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- a unit removably installed in the chassis from the one side, the unit being configured to support the first roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.