Title: Residual toner removing apparatus

Abstract: A residual toner removing apparatus which generally comprises four sections communicating with one another, i.e., a cleaner section including a cleaner brush rotatably provided in a housing which has an opening adjacent to a photoreceptor surface, and a duct section which extends from the above housing to a filter section which is in turn followed by a suction section having a fan. Toner particles removed from the photoreceptor surface by the cleaner brush are dislodged from the brush bristles upon contact with a flicker rod to which an air flow regulating plate is fixed and efficiently carried by air flows, through proper gaps, air passages or a slit, into the filter section in which a filter is enclosed.

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Inventors: Ogawa, Masaya (Sakai, JA)
Furukawa, Tetsuhisa (Toyokawa, JA)

Application Number: 463177
Filing Date: 1974-04-22
Publication_date: 1976-07-20
Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JA)
Primary Class(es): 15/301 15/256.51, 399/353
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US Patent Ref:

2751616	Jun, 1956	Turner et al.	15/1.
3410060	Nov, 1968	Reilly et al.	355/15.
3483679	Dec, 1969	Balbierer	355/15.
3534427	Oct, 1970	Severynse	15/1.
3741157	Jun, 1973	Krause	355/15.
3795025	Mar, 1974	Sadamitsu	15/256.
3804943	Apr, 1974	Block	55/DIG.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Braun, Fred L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack