| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner recycling device reutilizing recovered toner recovered from an image carrier by carrying the recovered toner to a developing part while toner cohesion is prevented. SOLUTION: As to this toner recycling device 1; an exhaust tube 7 and a suction tube 8 connected to a main air pump 3 are proximately attached to a connecting unit 6, and air pumps 4 and 5 assisting the main air pump are respectively disposed to the tubes 7 and 8. The toner remaining on a photoreceptor is recovered by a cleaning unit 2, only toner having a specified particle size is selected and supplied to the tube 7 through a connecting tube 9. The pumps 3, 4, and 5 suck air from the tube 8 and exhaust the air to the unit 6 from the tube 7, and the recovered toner Ta supplied from the unit 2 through the tube 9 is carried to the unit 6. The recovered toner Ta can be adequately carried to the unit 6 while the strong air flow produced by the pumps 3, 4, and 5 prevents the toner cohesion at the tubes 7 and 8. |
