Image forming apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Nakano, Shougo Sato
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AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Nakano, Shougo Sato
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An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a chassis, a cover, photosensitive members, an intermediate transfer belt, primary-transfer members, a secondary-transfer roller, a first feed roller, a cleaner device, a waste toner container, which is movable along the predetermined direction to be removably installed in the chassis through a first opening and stores residual toner, a connector, a first feeding path, a second feeding path being a path for a recording sheet inserted through a sheet inlet and includes a sheet guide to guide the recording sheet, and a second feed roller. The second feed roller is movable along with at least a part of the sheet guide. The waste toner container is movable through space, which is occupied by the second feed roller in an upper position, and the first opening when the second feed roller is in a lower position.
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording sheet, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Arrangements not provided for by groups G03G13/00 - G03G19/00, e.g. cleaning, elimination of residual charge: for removing solid developer or…
Using more than one reusable electrographic recording member, e.g. one for every monocolour image: primary transfer to the final recording medium
Supplying of sheet copy material; Cassettes therefor: feeding devices for picking up or separation of copy sheets
Supplying of sheet copy material; Cassettes therefor: manual supply devices
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1. Technical Field
An aspect of the present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, specifically having an intermediate transfer belt, to which a toner image is transferred from one or more photosensitive members, and a waste toner container, which stores residues such as residual toner removed from the intermediate transfer belt.
2. Related Art
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional side view of a multicolor MFP (multi-function peripheral) according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional side view of the MFP with a drawer drawn out of a chassis of the MFP according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional side view of the MFP with a sheet-feed tray removed out of the chassis of the MFP according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, an embodiment according to an aspect of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[Overall Configuration of the MFP]
The MFP 1 is a multicolor-enabled MFP, equipped with a plurality of image processing functions including a scanning function, a printing function, a copier function, a facsimile transmission/receiving function, and a function for reading/writing data in a memory medium.