| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To prevent a toner from being scattered, and to make a toner bottle small-sized by cleaning a toner which is remained behind on the surface of a photosensitive body in a copying machine body, collecting it into the toner bottle, and thereafter, heating and melting it. CONSTITUTION:A toner which is remained behind as an unnecessary toner after executing a development, on the surface of a photosensitive body 1 in a copying machine body is scraped down by a blade 10 of a cleaning device 2. Subsequently, by a carrying means 4, for instance, an auger, a belt, a bead chain, etc., the toner is fed to a funnel-shaped upper bottle 8 of the upper part of a toner bottle. An electric heater 9 is installed to the outside of the funnel-shaped upper bottle 8, and the toner is heated, melted and liquefied, falls in drops into a toner bottle body 7, and thereafter, it is solidified by a natural cooling. In this way, scatter of the toner is prevented, the toner bottle is made small-sized, and a large quantity of the residual toner is collected and accumulated. |
