Transferring waste toner removed from intermediate transfer belt
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDaehyung Yoo, Seungkyu Lee, Suhyun Kim
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Abstract
A printing apparatus can include a photoconductor on which a toner image is formed, an intermediate transfer belt to which the toner image is transferred, and a. belt frame to support the intermediate transfer belt. The printing apparatus can include a. belt cleaner including an accommodation portion and a discharge duct, the accommodation portion to accommodate waste toner removed from the intermediate transfer belt, and the discharge duct extending from the accommodation portion in a width direction of the intermediate transfer belt and including a first outlet through which the waste toner is discharged. The discharge duct can be located inside the belt frame in the width direction.
Claims15
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a photoconductor on which a toner image is formed;
- an intermediate transfer belt to which the toner image is transferred;
- a belt frame to support the intermediate transfer belt;
- and
- a belt cleaner including an accommodation portion and a discharge duct, the accommodation portion to accommodate waste toner removed from the intermediate transfer belt, and the discharge duct extending from the accommodation portion in a width direction of the intermediate transfer belt and provided with a first outlet through which the waste toner is discharged,
- wherein the discharge duct is located inside the belt frame in the width direction.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a main body including a photoconductor on which a toner image is formed;
- an intermediate transfer belt assembly including an intermediate transfer belt to which the toner image is transferred, a belt frame to support the intermediate transfer belt, and a belt cleaner to remove waste toner from the intermediate transfer belt, wherein the intermediate transfer belt assembly is mountable on and removeable from the main body in a driving direction of the intermediate transfer belt;
- a waste toner container;
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- a conveying duct provided in the main body and connected to the belt cleaner when the intermediate transfer belt assembly is mounted on the main body to form a discharge passage for the waste toner from the belt cleaner to the waste toner container.
An intermediate transfer belt assembly comprising:
- an intermediate transfer belt;
- a belt frame to support the intermediate transfer belt;
- an accommodation portion to accommodate waste toner removed from the intermediate transfer belt;
- and
- a discharge duct extending from the accommodation portion in a width direction of the intermediate transfer belt and including an outlet through which the waste toner is discharged,
- wherein the discharge duct is located inside the belt frame in the width direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.