Image-forming apparatus provided with detachable waste toner container and sheet-conveying guide
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakashi Shimizu, Shougo Sato
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AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakashi Shimizu, Shougo Sato
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An image-forming apparatus includes an apparatus body and a process cartridge attachable to and detachable from the apparatus body. The apparatus body includes a sheet-feed roller and a body wall. The process cartridge includes: a photosensitive drum; a drum frame; a developing roller; a cleaner; a conveying pipe and a waste-toner container for storing waste toner removed from the photosensitive drum by the cleaner and conveyed by the conveying pipe. The waste-toner container is detachably mountable on the drum frame. The waste-toner container mounted on the drum frame is positioned opposite to the photosensitive drum with respect to the developing roller. The body wall of the apparatus body and a container wall of the waste-toner container constitute a part of a sheet-conveying guide for guiding conveyance of a sheet from the sheet-feed roller toward the photosensitive drum when the process cartridge is attached to the apparatus body.
An image-forming apparatus comprising:
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