| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the sorting efficiency of toner by providing a sorting device for sorting the toner which can be reutilized from a foreign matter from recovery toner eliminated by a cleaning member with plural mesh-like sorting members whose coarseness are mutually different and which are arranged so that the toner to be recovered is passed in the order of the coarseness and a vibration means vibrating the sorting device. SOLUTION: A rocking unit 33 for sorting the toner which can be utilized from the foreign matter from the recover toner scraped by a blade is arranged at a position where the recovery toner is received. The unit 33 is provided with the sorting members 331 and 332 whose coarseness are mutually different and which are arranged so that the recovery toner is passed in the order of the coarseness. Besides, the unit 33 can be vibrated by a gear 5a having a cam part 38a, a compression spring 335 and the like. |
