IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes a container storage portion, a biasing member, a lid member, a detection sensor, and an abnormality determination processing portion. The container storage portion has an opening through which a waste toner collection container is inserted and pulled out, and stores the container at a storage position. The biasing member biases the container toward the opening. The lid member is moved between an opened attitude to open the opening and a closed attitude to close the opening. The detection sensor detects a predetermined detection object in the container at the storage position. The abnormality determination processing portion determines whether an abnormality has occurred based on an output signal of the detection sensor, the abnormality including a state where the container is full of the waste toner, and a state where the container is not stored in the container storage portion.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a container storage portion having an opening through which a waste toner collection container is inserted and pulled out, and configured to store the waste toner collection container at a predetermined storage position, the waste toner collection container being for collecting waste toner generated inside the image forming apparatus; a biasing member configured to bias, toward the opening, the waste toner collection container stored at the storage position in the container storage portion; a lid member constituting a part of a housing of the image forming apparatus and configured to be opened and closed between an opened attitude to open the opening of the container storage portion and a closed attitude to close the opening; a detection sensor provided in the container storage portion and configured to detect a predetermined detection object in the waste toner collection container at the storage position; and an abnormality determination processing portion configured to determine whether or not an abnormality has occurred, based on an output signal of the detection sensor, the abnormality including a state where the waste toner collection container is full of the waste toner, and a state where the waste toner collection container is not stored in the container storage portion.