| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the expansion of space for installation and to improve the efficiency of working and maintenance by providing a recovered toner reservoir means for storing residual toner and a toner transferring means for transferring the residual toner and connecting both of these means with a flexible carrying path. SOLUTION: A toner container 303 provided in a toner supplying/recovering device is constituted in such a manner that a wall part in a direction perpendicular to both side walls 302 is divided into upper and lower parts and these divided wall members are integrated with each other with the side walls 302. In the bottom part in the toner container 303, a toner carrying means 306 for transferring toner toward a developing device is disposed and a stirring/ transferring means 305 is disposed above the carrying means 306. In a holder 306A1, a stator 306A2 and a toner discharge path 306A4 are formed and a flexible pipe 303A is connected to the opening of the discharge path 306A4. Thus, even if the toner supplying/recovering device and the developing device are placed in any positional relationship, they can be connected. |
