Image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsKaori KATSUMOTO, Yuya SHIMOHORA
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Abstract
When a paper dust collecting member is moved in the removal direction, a scraping member scrapes off paper dust adhered to the paper dust collecting member. The paper dust collecting member has a contact member and a holding member. The contact member makes contact with a pair of rollers to collect paper dust. The holding member holds the contact member. The apparatus body has a bottom wall portion. The bottom wall portion is disposed below the paper dust collecting member and extends along the insertion-removal direction to receive the scraped-off paper dust. The paper dust scraped off onto the bottom wall portion is swept out in the insertion direction by the holding member when the paper dust collecting member is inserted.
Claims5
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a pair of rollers disposed in an apparatus body, the pair of rollers nipping a sheet to convey the sheet;
- a paper dust collecting member that is movable in an insertion-removal direction along an axial direction of the pair of rollers, the paper dust collecting member disposed in contact with one roller of the pair of rollers to collect paper dust adhered to the pair of rollers;
- and
- a scraping member that scrapes off the paper dust adhered to the paper dust collecting member when the paper dust collecting member is moved in a removal direction,
- wherein
- the paper dust collecting member has:
- a contact member that makes contact with the pair of rollers to collect the paper dust,
- a holding member that holds the contact member, and
- the apparatus body has:
- a bottom wall portion disposed below the paper dust collecting member, the bottom wall portion extending along the insertion-removal direction to receive the scraped-off paper dust,
- the paper dust scraped off onto the bottom wall portion is swept out in an insertion direction by the holding member when the paper dust collecting member is inserted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.