| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning station for electrophotographic printer which overcomes actual problems of formation of a lump and a bridging body by waste toner. SOLUTION: In the cleaning station 20 for removing remaining toner from a photodetection body 10 in an electrophotographic printer, the remaining toner is accumulated in a hopper and the accumulated toner is removed by an auger 28 provided at the bottom part of the hopper. A thin flexible member constituting an agitator 30 extends nearly vertically from the top part of the hopper to the auger 28. Fingers provided at the end part of the agitator 30 comes into contact with a flight of the auger 28. The fingers which are more than the flight number of the auger 28 one to three are provided, and when the auger 28 rotates, the agitator waves because of their mutual discrepancy. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO |
