Patent ID: 11880158
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the waste toner conveying tube comprises:
a waste toner discharge opening discharging waste toner; and
a shutter movable in a second direction intersecting with a first direction between a closing position at which the waste toner discharge opening is closed and an opening position at which the waste toner discharge opening is opened,

wherein, when the waste toner container is being attached to the image forming apparatus, the shutter is moved from the closing position toward the opening position in a state where the shutter is in contact with the waste toner container, and
wherein, when the waste toner container is being detached from the image forming apparatus, the shutter is moved from the opening position toward the closing position in the state where the shutter is in contact with the waste toner container.