摘要 |
PURPOSE:To prevent the pollution due to the spilling of a toner on disposing the waste toner by arranging a waste toner recovery section from a cleaning device provided integrally with a process cartridge in the process cartridge. CONSTITUTION:A toner recovery box 40 is provided above a photoreceptor belt 1 located in a process cartridge 30. The toner recovery box 40 carries and stores the waste toner recovered in a cleaning device 13 via a directly connected toner conveyance pipe 41. The toner recover box 40 is separated from the process cartridge 30 after the process cartridge 30 is removed. |