IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE HAVING WASTE DEVELOPER MATERIAL ACCOMMODATING PART AND DEVELOPER MATERIAL UNIT HAVING THE SAME
First Claim
1. An image-forming device, comprising:
- a photosensitive drum;
a developer material accommodating part that is configured to accommodate developer material;
a developing roller that is configured to supply the photosensitive drum with the developer material accommodated in the developer material accommodating part;
a recovering unit that is configured to remove, from a target for waste developer material recovery, waste developer material to be discarded from the target and collect the waste developer material;
a waste developer material accommodating part that is provided integrally with the developer material accommodating part and that is configured to accommodate waste developer material collected by the recovering unit;
a waste developer material conveying mechanism that is configured to be connected to both of the recovering unit and the waste developer material accommodating part and to convey the waste developer material from the recovering unit to the waste developer material accommodating part; and
an urging member that is interposed between the waste developer material accommodating part and the waste developer material conveying mechanism and that is configured to urge the developing roller toward the photosensitive drum via the developer material accommodating part.
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Abstract
In an image-forming device, a recovering unit removes waste developer material to be discarded from a target and collects the waste developer material. A waste developer material accommodating part is provided integrally with the developer material accommodating part and accommodates waste developer material collected by the recovering unit. A waste developer material conveying mechanism is connected to both of the recovering unit and the waste developer material accommodating part and conveys the waste developer material from the recovering unit to the waste developer material accommodating part. An urging member is interposed between the waste developer material accommodating part and the waste developer material conveying mechanism and urges a developing roller toward a photosensitive drum via a developer material accommodating part.
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22 Claims
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1. An image-forming device, comprising:
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a photosensitive drum; a developer material accommodating part that is configured to accommodate developer material; a developing roller that is configured to supply the photosensitive drum with the developer material accommodated in the developer material accommodating part; a recovering unit that is configured to remove, from a target for waste developer material recovery, waste developer material to be discarded from the target and collect the waste developer material; a waste developer material accommodating part that is provided integrally with the developer material accommodating part and that is configured to accommodate waste developer material collected by the recovering unit; a waste developer material conveying mechanism that is configured to be connected to both of the recovering unit and the waste developer material accommodating part and to convey the waste developer material from the recovering unit to the waste developer material accommodating part; and an urging member that is interposed between the waste developer material accommodating part and the waste developer material conveying mechanism and that is configured to urge the developing roller toward the photosensitive drum via the developer material accommodating part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A developer material unit for being mounted in an image-forming device, the developer material unit comprising:
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a developer material accommodating part that is configured to accommodate developer material for being used for image formation executed in the image-forming device; a waste developer material accommodating part that is provided integrally with the developer material accommodating part and that is configured to accommodate waste developer material to be discarded from the image-forming device; a waste developer material conveying member that is disposed outside the waste developer material accommodating part and that is configured to convey the waste developer material to the waste developer material accommodating part; and an urging member that is interposed between the waste developer material accommodating part and the waste developer material conveying member and that is configured to urge the developer material accommodating part in a direction to separate the developer material accommodating part away from the waste developer material conveying member. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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