| 摘要 |
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, comprising a frame of the image forming apparatus, a toner container mounting means for removably mounting a toner container (11) for containing toner removed from an image bearing member provided in the frame, the toner container mounting means being removably mounted to the frame, an opening/closing member openable with respect to the frame and adapted to be opened and closed to dismount and mount the toner container with respect to the frame, and a regulating means for regulating the closing of the opening/closing member when the toner container is not mounted to the frame. A pair of light emitting and light receiving sensors (23,24) provide on a holding member (15) are aligned with a pair of detection holes (17,18) formed in the toner containing box (11) on both sides. The fact that the toner reaches a predetermined amount is detected. |
