US 12,189,324 B2
Image forming apparatus
Ryohei Kageyama, Osaka (JP)
Filed by KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/523,656.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-191487 (JP), filed on Nov. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0176278 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 21/10 (2006.01); G03G 21/12 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/105 (2013.01) [G03G 21/1619 (2013.01); G03G 21/12 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a housing frame; and
a waste toner unit, wherein
the housing frame includes a support frame which supports the waste toner unit,
the waste toner unit includes
a waste toner bottle, and
a retention sheet metal which retains the waste toner bottle,
the support frame includes a through-hole, and
the retention sheet metal includes
a convex portion inserted into the through-hole, and
a wedge member which protrudes from the convex portion and latches the convex portion to an edge portion of the through-hole in the support frame.