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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2022
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Kazuhiro Okamoto, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A toner collection device includes a toner collection container, a toner conveying passage, a side wall, a recessed sensing portion, and a detection sensor. The toner conveying passage includes a first inclined portion provided right under a toner collection port and inclined downward leftward in the left-right direction perpendicular to the up-down direction and a second inclined portion connected to a bottom end part of the first inclined portion and inclined downward frontward in the front-rear direction perpendicular to the up-down and left-right directions, with an end part of the second inclined portion on the left side in contact with the inner wall face of the toner collection container on the left side. The recessed sensing portion has an opening between a top end part of the side wall and the inner wall face of the toner collection container.