| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To surely detect the fullness of waste toner by providing the titled device with a detecting means to be driven by pressing force caused by the toner which is disabled to be carried and pressed by a carrying means from an aperture formed on an end part of a toner carrier. CONSTITUTION:Waste toner 9 is discharged from the aperture part 2a of a carrying case 2 to a toner recovery container 8 by a carrying screw 3. Waste toner 9 which can not be carried out from the aperture part 2a because the container 8 is filled with waste toner applies force in the toner carrying direction. A slide washer 5 and a detecting lever 6a are moved by the force, a detecting part 6b of the sensor 6 is pressed and a detecting signal is generated to stop the carrying of toner. |
