| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner supply and recovery device to be used for a copier, a printer and facsimile equipment, etc., to store supplied toner and recovered toner in a single container in which the toner is stored without mixing them and to contrive compact size of the device and enhancement of use possibility. SOLUTION: The toner supply and recovery device 10 consists, for example, of a toner supply system 600 to supply toner 4 to be supplied to the side of an electrophotographic process part 16 (OPC), a toner recovery system 500 to recover toner 3 to be recovered which is recovered by a blade 1 and a container 900, etc., in which both systems are linked. A space to store the supplied toner 12 and the recovered toner 11 are stored is formed in a container main body 9 of the container 900, for example, via a movable wall 10b. The recovered toner 11 is gradually gathered and filled in the container main body 9 by use of the supplied toner 12. |
