Toner recovery device
AssigneeKonishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroaki Ura, Tsugio Hirabayashi, Junichi Koiso
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Abstract
A toner recovery device having a non-magnetic rotary member, magnets embedded around the circumferential surface of said non-magnetic rotary member, and an endless belt wound on said rotary member so as to recover a toner collected by a cleaning device into a developing unit. A plurality of protuberances are equidistantly and projectingly formed around the circumferential surface of said rotary member to prevent said endless belt from floating as a whole. The protuberances drive said endless belt.
Claims9
In a toner recovery device in which a non-magnetic rotary member positioned coaxially with, and adjacent to, a charge receptor and having magnets embedded around the circumferential surface thereof is rotated and an endless belt wound on said rotary member is moved so as to recover a toner collected by a cleaning device into a developing unit, the improvement wherein a plurality of protuberances are equidistantly and projectingly formed around the circumferential surface of said rotary member to prevent said endless belt from floating as a whole, and said protuberances drive said endless belt.
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