To provide an image formation apparatus having a toner supply container capable of supplying toner to a developer without waste and a toner recovery unit improving the workability of replacement and efficiently recovering waste toner.
An image formation apparatus 1 includes a toner recovery unit 130 for recovering waste toner removed by a cleaning section 16 and a toner supply container 121 for containing toner to be supplied to a developer 14. The toner recovery unit 130 includes a toner conveyance section 141 for conveying waste toner of the cleaning section 16, a first toner recovery container 131 for storing waste toner conveyed by the toner conveyance section 141 and provided integrally with the toner supply container 121 so as to be attachable and detachable to/from the apparatus body, and a second toner recovery container 136 provided on the downstream side of the conveyance direction of the toner conveyance section 141 relative to the first toner recovery container 131 and for storing the waste toner.
NAKAUE TAKAHISA
NIMURA EIJI
HAYASHI MASATAKE
KURAMASU KOJI
YAMAGISHI YOSHIHIRO
TAMAOKI KENICHI
MORI YUKIHIRO
| JP2004045481A | 2004-02-12 | |||
| JP2006258920A | 2006-09-28 | |||
| JP2008203811A | 2008-09-04 |
Inoue On
Nobuyuki Nishida
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