JPH02111167U - - Google Patents

Description

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 6 are diagrams showing an embodiment of the toner recovery device according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a copying machine equipped with the toner recovery device, and FIG. 2 is a diagram of the photoconductor unit. 3 is a perspective view of the cleaning unit, FIG. 4 is a plan view thereof including the full detector, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line V-V in FIG. 4, and FIGS. 7 is a graph showing the relationship between the image forming width direction position and the amount of collected toner. 1...Electrophotographic photoreceptor, {16...Cleaning blade, 17...Brush} (cleaning member), 18...Recovery container, 27...Full detector.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] a cleaning member that engages with the electrophotographic photoreceptor over the entire image forming width and removes residual toner on the photoreceptor; In the toner collection device, the toner collection device includes a collection container extending in the image forming width direction, and a fullness detector that detects a full state of toner collected in the collection container, wherein the fullness detector extends in the image forming width direction. A toner recovery device that detects a full state of toner at a position where the amount of recovered toner is greatest.