(19)
(11) EP 2 469 348 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.07.2012 Bulletin 2012/28

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.06.2012 Bulletin 2012/26

(21) Application number: 11195209.9

(22) Date of filing: 22.12.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G03G 21/10(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 22.12.2010 JP 2010285988

(71) Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Tomita, Daisuke
    Tokyo, 143-8555 (JP)
  • Kawahara, Shinichi
    Tokyo, 143-8555 (JP)
  • Shintani, Takeshi
    Tokyo, 143-8555 (JP)
  • Kuwabara, Nobuo
    Tokyo, 143-8555 (JP)
  • Kosuge, Akio
    Tokyo, 143-8555 (JP)

(74) Representative: Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx 
Patentanwälte Stuntzstraße 16
81677 München
81677 München (DE)

   


(54) Image forming apparatus


(57) An image forming apparatus (1) includes an image carrier, a cleaning device (2) that collects a waste toner attached to the surface of the image carrier using a cleaning member, a waste container (241) that is removable from an image forming apparatus body, a temporary storage unit (242) that is provided in the image forming apparatus body to temporarily store a waste including the waste toner collected in the cleaning device before the waste is transported to the waste container, and a waste transport unit (215) that transports the waste to the temporary storage unit, wherein a discharge speed of the waste from the temporary storage unit by the waste discharge unit is higher than a transport speed of the waste to the temporary storage unit by the waste transport unit.







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