| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To prevent the movement in an opposite direction and the scattering of the toner recovered into a container, by providing a shutter mechanism at a joint section on a toner container side. CONSTITUTION:A shutter 102 is always pushed in a left direction by a spring 101 and, under a condition where the front door 27 of this picture forming device is closed, a shutter 24 which is pushed in a right direction by a spring 23 is abutted with a flange 27c and the hole 21 of a cylindrical section 21a is matched with the hole 24a of the shutter 24. Therefore, the toner fed by the screw 22 of a cleaner 21 drops onto a container 28. When the front door 27 is opened, the shutter 102 is released from the restriction of a stopper 21d and moved in the left direction and abutted with the inside of the flange 27c. Therefore, the movement in the opposite direction and the scattering of the toner from the container 28 through a hole 27d can be prevented. |
