Image forming apparatus
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus using electrophotography, comprising:
- a waste toner container to collect developer used for forming images and ejected from an image forming unit of the image forming apparatus as waste toner; and
an accommodation unit to detachably accommodate the waste toner container in the image forming apparatus,the accommodation unit including a reduction device to reduce a force required for withdrawing the waste toner container from an interior to an exterior of the image forming apparatus, the reduction device contacts a bottom face of the waste toner container when the waste toner container is partially withdrawn from a fully mounted position of the waste toner container in the accommodation unit to the exterior of the image forming apparatus.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus using electrophotography includes a waste toner container and an accommodation unit. The waste toner container collects developer used for forming images and ejected from an image forming unit of the image forming apparatus as waste toner. The accommodation unit detachably accommodates the waste toner container in the image forming apparatus. The accommodation unit includes a reduction device to reduce a force required for withdrawing the waste toner container from an interior to an exterior of the image forming apparatus. The reduction device contacts a bottom face of the waste toner container when the waste toner container is partially withdrawn from a fully mounted position of the waste toner container in the accommodation unit to the exterior of the image forming apparatus.
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1. An image forming apparatus using electrophotography, comprising:
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a waste toner container to collect developer used for forming images and ejected from an image forming unit of the image forming apparatus as waste toner; and an accommodation unit to detachably accommodate the waste toner container in the image forming apparatus, the accommodation unit including a reduction device to reduce a force required for withdrawing the waste toner container from an interior to an exterior of the image forming apparatus, the reduction device contacts a bottom face of the waste toner container when the waste toner container is partially withdrawn from a fully mounted position of the waste toner container in the accommodation unit to the exterior of the image forming apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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