Powder recovery container and image forming apparatus

• Main Authors: Sato, Tomonori, Ando, Hiroki, Honobe, Satoshi, Fukuzawa, Tsuneo, Maekawa, Fumiaki, Matsui, Toshiyuki
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.10.2012

A powder recovery container includes a reservoir chamber that stores a recovered powder; a recovery port that faces the reservoir chamber, a powder conveying unit that conveys and recovers the powder through the recovery port being removably inserted into the recovery port; a pair of door panels having rotating shafts arranged at two positions with the recovery port arranged therebetween, the door panels being rotated toward the reservoir chamber around the rotating shafts to open and close the recovery port; sealing members attached to the door panels, the sealing members overlapping one another between distal ends of the door panels to seal a gap between the distal ends of the door panels when the door panels are located at positions, at which the recovery port is closed; and urging members that urge the door panels in a direction, in which the recovery port is closed.