WASTE TONER RECOVERY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS

To provide a waste toner recovery device and an image formation apparatus which can efficiently accumulate waste toner in a container by piling up waste powder in the waste toner recovery device to the upper surface of a recovery container.SOLUTION: A waste toner recovery device comprises: a recover...

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Main Authors SUDO TADASHI, HOSHINO HIROHISA, SAKAI YUSUKE
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published 25.03.2021
Subjects
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
HOLOGRAPHY
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
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Summary:To provide a waste toner recovery device and an image formation apparatus which can efficiently accumulate waste toner in a container by piling up waste powder in the waste toner recovery device to the upper surface of a recovery container.SOLUTION: A waste toner recovery device comprises: a recovery container which has a carry-in port that receives waste powder containing any of used toner or developer discharged from image formation means and stores the waste powder; and conveyance means which has a first conveyance part that is supported in a cantilever manner in the recovery container so as to be able to freely swing and conveys the waste powder carried in from the carry-in port with the first conveyance force in the recovery container and a second conveyance part that conveys the waste powder with the second conveyance force smaller than the first conveyance force.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8 【課題】廃トナー回収装置内の廃棄粉体を回収容器の上面まで積み上げることで容器内に効率良く廃トナーを堆積できる廃トナー回収装置及び画像形成装置を提供する。【解決手段】画像形成手段から排出される使用済みトナー又は現像剤の何れかを含む廃棄粉体を受け入れる搬入口を有し廃棄粉体を収容する回収容器と、回収容器の内部に首振り自在に片持ち支持され搬入口から搬入されてくる廃棄粉体を回収容器内で第１の搬送力で搬送する第１搬送部と第１の搬送力よりも搬送力が小さい第２の搬送力で搬送する第２搬送部を有する搬送手段と、を備えた。【選択図】図８
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20190171265