Patent ID: 9280124
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image-forming apparatus comprising: a main body; a drum unit provided in the main body, and comprising a photosensitive drum configured to support developer and to rotate about an axis extending in an axial direction, and a drum cleaning unit configured to remove waste developer from a surface of the photosensitive drum to collect the waste developer; a developing cartridge configured to supply developer to the photosensitive drum and comprising a waste-developer-accommodating portion configured to accommodate the waste developer, the developing cartridge being configured to be moved between a mounted position where the developing cartridge is mounted on the main body and a separated position where the developing cartridge is separated from the main body by being pulled out in the axial direction while the drum unit is accommodated in the main body, the developing cartridge being spaced apart from the drum cleaning unit in a circumferential direction of the photosensitive drum, the waste-developer-accommodating portion having an upstream end portion and a downstream end portion in a pulled direction that the developing cartridge is pulled from the mounted position to the separated position, the drum cleaning unit having an upstream end portion and a downstream end portion in the pulled direction; and a first conveying member configured to convey the waste developer from the drum cleaning unit to the waste-developer-accommodating portion, the first conveying member having one end portion and another end portion, the one end portion of the first conveying member being connected to the downstream end portion of the waste-developer-accommodating portion such that the developing cartridge and the first conveying member are integrally moved, wherein the other end portion of the first conveying member is connected to the downstream end portion, in the pulled direction, of the drum cleaning unit if the developing cartridge is in the mounted position, and the other end portion of the first conveying member is disconnected from the downstream end portion, in the pulled direction, of the drum cleaning unit if the developing cartridge is in the separated position.