| 摘要 |
PURPOSE: To prevent an increase of pressure which is applied on a scooping sheet even if toner is collected in a toner storage section and prevent toner leakage from the toner storage section so as to prevent pollution of a recording medium by providing a block member between the scooping sheet and a toner feed means. CONSTITUTION: A block member 11h is provided between a scooping sheet 11c and a toner fed means 11f, and the block member 11h is attached to the same mounting member 11d as the scooping sheet. Consequently, load applied on the scooping sheet 11c is reduced by the block member 11h. That is, when residual toner in a photoreceptor drum 8 is scraped out by a blade 11b in a condition in which toner is collected to a certain degree in a toner storage section 11a, toner in the vicinity of an inner opening (closer to opening side than a partition plate 11e) of the storage section 11a flows onto the scooping sheet 11c side due to the rotation of the feed means 11f, and the flow of toner is received by the block member 11h. Consequently, pressure due to the flow of toner is not applied on the scooping sheet 11c directly. |
