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IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH URGING MEMBER FOR URGING PROCESS CARTRIDGE

  • US 20200133196A1
  • Filed: 12/26/2019
  • Published: 04/30/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image-forming apparatus for forming an image on a sheet, the image forming apparatus comprising:

  • a main casing to which a first processing cartridge and a second processing cartridge are detachably attached, the first processing cartridge including a first photosensitive drum extending in a first direction and the second processing cartridge including a second photosensitive drum extending in the first direction, the main casing comprising;

    a front wall having a first opening;

    a rear wall;

    an upper wall having a tray for catching the sheet;

    a right wall having a second opening through which the first processing cartridge and the second processing cartridge are attached to the main casing in the first direction; and

    a left wall;

    a waste toner container detachably attached to the main casing through the first opening; and

    a waste toner conveying unit for conveying waste toner from the first processing cartridge and the second processing cartridge attached to the main casing to the waste toner container, the waste toner conveying unit extending from an upper front portion of the main casing to a lower rear portion of the main casing, the waste toner conveying unit comprising;

    a first waste toner receiving opening for receiving the waste toner from the first processing cartridge attached to the main casing; and

    a second waste toner receiving opening for receiving the waste toner from the second processing cartridge attached to the main casing,wherein the first processing cartridge has a first waste toner discharge opening for discharging the waste toner in the first processing cartridge,wherein the second processing cartridge has a second waste toner discharge opening for discharging the waste toner in the second processing cartridge, andwherein, when the first processing cartridge and the second processing cartridge are attached to the main casing, the first waste toner discharge opening of the first processing cartridge communicates with the first waste toner receiving opening of the waste toner conveying unit, and the second waste toner discharge opening of the second processing cartridge communicates with the second waste toner receiving opening of the waste toner conveying unit.

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