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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Taisuke Minemura, Okazaki, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reserve portion is an inner tube that reserves waste toner in a reserve space in a main body of the reserve portion, and includes a protrusion row on an outer peripheral surface. A recovery inlet is formed in an upper portion of the reserve portion. A container portion is an outer tube that incorporates the reserve portion. An inlet protruding the container portion is formed in a lower portion of a side wall of the container portion. A driving unit makes the reserve portion rotate with respect to the container portion about a rotational shaft integrally formed with the reserve portion via a docking gear. As the reserve portion rotates with respect to the container portion, the waste toner supplied to a conveyance path is conveyed from the inlet to the recovery inlet to be supplied to the reserve space.