摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner cartridge constituted so as to equally supply toner in all the area without locally supplying it at the time of supplying a part of toner from a toner recovery part, in which recovered toner is reservoired, to an unused toner storage part. SOLUTION: The toner recovery part 13 is provided through a partition 14 in the toner storage part 12, and a toner path 19 is provided to pierce through the partition 14 corresponding to all the area (nearly the entire length in a longitudinal direction) of the storage part 12 from the recovery part 13, and a toner carrying member 21 is provided in a carrying pipe 20 constituting the path 19 so as to carry a part of toner from the recovery part 13 to the storage part 12. By forming a plurality of aperture parts 22 in the pipe 20, the carried toner is equally supplied in all the length (all the area) of the storage part 12. |