Reclaimed material container and image forming apparatus

A reclaimed material container includes a container body that is removably mounted to a mounting portion of an image forming apparatus, and that accommodates a reclaimed material existing after forming an image, a receiving portion that is provided at a bottom portion of the container body, and that...

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Main Authors Ando, Hiroki, Sato, Tomonori, Maekawa, Fumiaki, Honobe, Satoshi, Matsui, Toshiyuki, Fukuzawa, Tsuneo
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 18.09.2012
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Summary:A reclaimed material container includes a container body that is removably mounted to a mounting portion of an image forming apparatus, and that accommodates a reclaimed material existing after forming an image, a receiving portion that is provided at a bottom portion of the container body, and that is supported by a support of the mounting portion from therebelow, and a mounting member that mounts the container body to the mounting portion as a result of rotation of the container body with the receiving portion as a fulcrum while the receiving portion is supported by the support from therebelow. In the container, the container body has a first recess that provides a field of view for the support when the receiving portion is supported by the support from therebelow.