Image forming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9487367
APP PUB NO 20140062007A1
SERIAL NO

14013486

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An image forming apparatus has an image forming unit, a sheet supplying unit, a register roller, and a paper particle removing unit which includes a paper particle removing roller arranged to face the register roller and configured to collect paper particles on the sheet which is nipped between the register roller and the paper particle removing roller, a paper particle container configured such that the paper particles removed by the paper particle removing roller are accumulated therein, and an auger arranged inside the paper particle container. The paper particle removing roller, the paper particle container and the auger of the paper particle removing unit are configured to move together between a contact position where the paper particle removing roller contacts the register roller and a spaced position where the paper particle removing roller is spaced from the register roller.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Otsuki, Yasuyuki Nagoya, JP 4 15

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