| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus which is capable of facilitating the conveyance of recovered toner by effectively suppressing the decrease of the flowability of the recovered toner. <P>SOLUTION: In a cleaning unit 26, toner and paper powder which remain on the surface of a photoreceptor drum 21 are removed and recovered by a cleaning blade 26A and the recovered toner is naturally dropped in a recovered toner conveying path 61. In the recovered toner conveying path 61, the naturally dropped recovered toner is accepted, deteriorated developer conveyed through a U-shaped connected conveyance path 81 from a developer conveying path 75 is accepted and mixed into the recovered toner, and the recovered toner is conveyed while being stirred, by a conveying screw 62 and discharged into a recovery container 63. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |
