| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To attain toner feeding operation easily by arranging a cleaning blade contacted so as to slide on the peripheral part of a toner feeding port of a toner cartridge to remove dirt on the peripheral part of the toner feeding port. CONSTITUTION:The cleaning blade 18 fitted to a toner hopper cover 17 for guiding the toner cartridge 14 and preventing the toner cartridge 14 from being dropped at the charging and rotation of the toner cartridge 14 is arranged on a part contacted so as to slide on the peripheral part of the toner feeding port under the state that the toner cartridge 14 is located on a toner feeding position. Therefore, toner powder adhered to the toner cartridge 14 is scraped by the rotation of the toner cartridge 14 at the replacement of the toner cartridge 14 and a gap between the toner cartridge 14 and the toner hopper cover 17 is prevented from the enter of toner powder. Consequently, a used toner cartridge of the titled device is not much dirtied and can be easily handled. |
