Image Forming Apparatus and Drum Unit

摘要

An image forming apparatus, comprising: a body casing, a drum unit movable between an inside position and an outside position, and a waste toner storage unit, and wherein the drum unit comprises a photosensitive drum, a cleaning unit to remove toner remaining on a surface of the photosensitive drum, and a conveying unit including a conveying member to convey the toner in a moving direction of the drum unit, and a conveying tube to accommodate the conveying member and to have a discharging outlet through which the toner is discharged to the waste toner storage unit, and wherein the conveying tube comprises: a first conveying tube to extend in the moving direction and to accommodate the conveying member, and a second conveying tube to be connected to the first conveying tube and to extend in a direction intersecting with a direction in which the first conveying tube extends.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a body casing; a drum unit configured to move between an inside position in the body casing and an outside position which is outside the body casing; and a waste toner storage unit configured to store toner, the drum unit comprising: a photosensitive drum; a cleaning unit configured to remove toner remaining on a surface of the photosensitive drum; and a conveying unit configured to convey the toner removed by the cleaning unit, wherein the waste toner storage unit is configured to store the toner conveyed by the conveying unit, wherein the conveying unit comprises:
a conveying member configured to convey the toner removed by the cleaning unit in a moving direction of the drum unit; anda conveying tube accommodating the conveying member, the conveying tube having a discharging outlet through which the toner carried by the conveying member is discharged to the waste toner storage unit, wherein the conveying tube comprises:
a first conveying tube extending in the moving direction of the drum unit and accommodating the conveying member; anda second conveying tube connected to the first conveying tube and extending in a direction intersecting with a direction in which the first conveying tube extends.