| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To deposit a toner in a toner recovering container until it becomes a full state, by providing a toner discharge pipe on the upper frame unit having an openable and closeable lower frame unit, and supporting a fitting part of the toner recovering container by using an axial part of the discharge pipe as a turning fulcrum. CONSTITUTION:A toner discharge pipe 21 is provided on the outside of the upper frame unit 19 from a side plate 19a of the upper frame unit being turnable, and in its inside, the end part of a spiral member 18 is positioned, and by the outside peripheral part, a fitting part 20a of a toner recovering container 20 is supported so as to be freely turnable. The toner recovering container 20 has a fitting part consisting of a tubular part 20a which can turn around the toner discharge pipe 21 and an end face part 20b which comes into contact with an end face part 21b of the toner discharge pipe 21 and fitted to a stepped screw 23, and supported so as to be freely turnable by the toner discharge pipe 21. In such a way, a toner which has collected in the lower part of the toner discharge pipe 21, in the toner recovering container can be moved into the toner collecting container 20 in the right direction separated from a position right under the toner discharge pipe 21, and the toner can be contained uniformly. |
