WASTE TONER COLLECTOR OF ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTER

摘要

PURPOSE: A waste toner collector of an electrophotographic printer is provided to restrain a waste toner from splashing when the waste toner is sent to a waste toner collecting tank. CONSTITUTION: A waste toner collector includes a housing(110) for temporarily storing a waste toner, a discard guide member(130) having an outlet(131) through which the waste toner is discarded, a shutter(150) for opening/closing the outlet, and an inflow guide member(180) having an inflow path connecting the outlet to an entrance of a waste toner collecting tank(200). The waste toner collector further includes an elastic member for elastically supporting the inflow guide member to tightly maintain a distance between the outlet and an entrance of the inflow path, and a flexible sealing member(140) for flexibly sealing up a gap between the outlet and the entrance of the inflow path.