Patent ID: 11960233
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming portion including an image bearing member for bearing a toner image and configured to form the toner image;
an intermediary transfer belt onto which the toner image is transferred from said image bearing member;
wherein said intermediary transfer belt and said image bearing member are disposed side by side in a widthwise direction perpendicular to a rotational axis direction of said image bearing member;
a first collecting container provided detachably and configured to collect residual toner discharged from said image forming portion;
a second collecting container provided detachably and configured to collect the residual toner discharged from said image forming portion; and
a feeding device configured to feed the residual toner, discharged from said image forming portion, toward said first collecting container and said second collecting container selectively,
wherein said first collecting container and said second collecting container are provided below said intermediary transfer belt and are disposed side by side in the widthwise direction, and
wherein at least a part of said first collecting container overlaps with said intermediary transfer belt or said image forming portion as viewed in a vertical direction, and at least a part of said second collecting container overlaps with said intermediary transfer belt or said image forming portion as viewed in the vertical direction.