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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Naoki Mizutani, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A waste toner storing container includes a container main body, a first conveyance portion, and a second conveyance portion. The container main body stores waste toner discharged from a plurality of image-carrying members provided in an image forming apparatus. The first conveyance portion is rotatably provided in the container main body and configured to, by being rotated, convey the waste toner toward one side in a direction along a rotation axis line. The second conveyance portion is rotatably provided below and parallel to the first conveyance portion in the container main body and configured to, by being rotated, convey the waste toner toward another side that is opposite to the one side.