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IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE HAVING WASTE DEVELOPER MATERIAL ACCOMMODATING PART AND DEVELOPER MATERIAL UNIT HAVING THE SAME

  • US 20120213566A1
  • Filed: 01/31/2012
  • Published: 08/23/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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