| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress leakage of waste toner from a discharge hole etc. <P>SOLUTION: A fourth opening 211 has a size to be included in a first opening 181 and a second opening 173, so an opening (i.e. the fourth opening) through which waste toner is discharged to a waste toner box 18 is small and then the leakage of toner can be suppressed. Further, an agitating member 22 agitates waste toner in a buffer member 21 so that the waste toner flows from a third opening 213 to the fourth opening 211, and therefore even when the fourth opening 211 is made much smaller than the first opening 181 and second opening 173, the waste toner is prevented from being deposited nearby the fourth opening 211. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |
