| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To shorten the stop time by providing a first discharge port for discharging a toner to be dumped to the recovering container of the toner to be dumped, of a small capacity, and a second discharge port for discharging the toner to be dumped to the recovering container of the toner to be dumped, of large capacity, on a cleaning device. CONSTITUTION:The cleaning device 5 is provided with the discharge port 6 and discharge port 7 of a toner to be dumped, the discharge port 6 communicates with the toner recovering container 1 of a large capacity by a duct 14, and the discharge port 7 communicates directly with the toner recovering container 4 of a small capacity. In case of using the toner recovering container 1, the discharge port 6 of the toner to be dumped of the rear side of a body 2 of an image forming device of the cleaning device 5 is opened, the toner to be dumped is carried to the toner recovering container 1 from the rear, and when the toner recovering container 1 of a large capacity is filled up, the discharge port 6 of the toner to be dumped of the rear side of the cleaning device 5 is closed, the discharge port 7 of the front side is opened, and the toner to be dumped is carried to the toner recovering container 4 of a small capacity. In such way, it becomes unnecessary to stop the image forming device. |
