IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: AOKI SHINGO, MIZOTA YUTAKA, SUENAGA TAKENORI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 14.11.2019
• Subjects: CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS

To provide an image forming apparatus that can prevent the count of the number of prints from being reset during a period from detection of a near-full state to detection of a full state in a waste toner recovery container provided in the image forming apparatus.SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus 100 is an image forming apparatus 100 comprising a waste toner recovery container 200 that recovers a waste toner and/or a waste developer, and a detection window body 220 through which it is detected that the waste toner and/or the waste developer accumulates to a certain amount in the waste toner recovery container 200. The image forming apparatus includes the detection window body 220 that detects the state of adhesion of the waste toner and/or the waste developer to an inner surface of the detection window body 220, and a waste toner attraction device 240 that attracts the waste toner and/or the waste developer to the inner surface of the detection window body 220.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7 【課題】画像形成装置に設けられる廃棄トナー回収容器において、ニアフル状態の検知からフル状態の検知までの間において、プリント枚数のカウントがリセットされることを防止することが可能な、画像形成装置を提供する。【解決手段】この画像形成装置１００は、廃棄トナーおよび／または廃棄現像剤を回収する廃棄トナー回収容器２００、および、廃棄トナー回収容器２００に廃棄トナーおよび／または廃棄現像剤が一定量溜まったことが検知される検知窓体２２０を含む画像形成装置１００であって、検知窓体２２０の内面への廃棄トナーおよび／または廃棄現像剤の付着状態を検知する検知窓体２２０と、廃棄トナーおよび／または廃棄現像剤を検知窓体２２０の内面へ引き寄せる廃棄トナー誘引装置２４０と、を備える。【選択図】図７