Waste toner transporting apparatus and toner cartridge having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSam-Seok Choi, Dong-Hoon Park
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Abstract
A waste toner transporting apparatus which transfers waste toner removed from a photosensitive drum to a waste toner housing is provided. The waste toner transporting apparatus includes a toner transporting plate arranged substantially above a cleaning blade. A transporting member is installed at one end of the toner transporting plate and has a cam follower arranged on an opposite side of the toner transporting plate. A driving cam contacts the cam follower and converts rotational motion into linear reciprocating motion to enable the toner transporting plate to reciprocate on the cleaning blade.
Claims14
A waste toner transporting apparatus, comprising:
- a toner transporting plate arranged substantially above a cleaning blade;
- a transporting member installed at one side of the toner transporting plate and the transporting member comprising a cam follower;
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- a driving cam contacting the cam follower which converts rotational motion into reciprocating motion to enable the toner transporting plate to reciprocate on the cleaning blade.
A toner cartridge, comprising:
- a photosensitive drum on which an electrostatic latent image is formed;
- a developing unit supplying toner to the photosensitive drum to develop the electrostatic latent image;
- a waste toner removing unit comprising a cleaning blade which removes waste toner remaining on a surface of the photosensitive drum and a waste toner housing which receives the removed waste toner;
- a waste toner transporting apparatus comprising a toner transporting plate arranged substantially above the cleaning blade and the waste toner housing, a transporting member provided at one side of the toner transporting plate comprising a cam follower;
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- a driving cam contacting the cam follower and converting rotational motion into reciprocating motion to enable the toner transporting plate to reciprocate on the cleaning blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.