| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a powder conveyance device with a simpler configuration than a device in which toner collected through a plurality of conveyance pipes is separately conveyed by driving respective conveying members and to prevent toner clogging in a joining part 103. <P>SOLUTION: A joining part 103 is located below a first conveyance pipe 101 extending in a vertical direction and is arranged at the lateral side of a second conveyance pipe 102 extending in a horizontal direction. It respectively receives toner dropping through the first conveyance pipe 101 and toner conveyed through the second conveyance pipe 102 and drops them into a recovery toner container 120 by gravity. It is provided with a first dropping area A<SB POS="POST">1</SB>which receives toner dropping through the first conveyance pipe 101 and drops it by gravity and a second dropping area A<SB POS="POST">2</SB>communicated therewith which receives toner conveyed through the second conveyance pipe 102 and drops it by gravity at a position short of the first dropping area A<SB POS="POST">1</SB>. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
