Powder collection container and image forming apparatus including the same
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHideaki KADOWAKI
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Abstract
A collection container is divided by a divider plate into waste developer collection chambers in communication with waste developer reception ports for each color developer and a single waste toner collection chamber in communication with waste toner reception ports for each color toner. Further, the divider plate is a part of the inner wall of the collection container and the part is installed extending in the vertical direction to define a clearance between the divider plate and the bottom plate of the collection container. This makes it possible to collect color waste toner and color waste developer with a simple configuration.
Claims8
A powder collection container comprising:
- a first waste powder reception port for first waste powder;
- a second waste powder reception port for second waste powder, which is arranged in a lower position in a height direction thereof in comparison to the first waste powder reception port;
- and
- a divider plate that is provided in an inside of the powder collection container extended in an up and down direction, and defines a first waste powder collection chamber communicated with the first waste powder reception port and a second waste powder collection chamber communicated with the second waste powder reception port:
- wherein
- the second waste powder collection chamber is defined by the divider plate so as to be adjacent to the first waste powder collection chamber in a short-length direction of a bottom face of the powder collection container, and
- the divider plate is defined so as to have a gap at a bottom portion of one of the first waste powder collection chamber and the second waste powder collection chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.