Patent ID: 9274492
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a belt to which a toner image formed with toner added with lubricant is transferred; a blade configured to be arranged in a belt width direction of the belt to scrape against the belt surface; a case configured to include room for housing waste toner scraped off by the blade; a conveyance section configured to convey the waste toner towards two end parts in the belt width direction in the room of the case; an elastic section configured to flick the waste toner conveyed to the two end parts by the conveyance section towards the blade through elastic force; and more than one projection portion configured to be arranged in the room to protrude towards the conveyance section; wherein the elastic section is a flapper member which includes a root portion fixed at the outer periphery of the conveyance section and a free end standing from the root portion, and at the two ends of the conveyance section are arranged a plurality of flapper members which circulate around the conveyance section between a position where each free end thereof is flexurally deformed by the projection portions and a position where the flapper members flick the waste toner towards blade through the force generated when restoring from the flexural deformation.