Patent ID: 9454128
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A waste toner storing container comprising: a container main body configured to store waste toner discharged from an image-carrying member provided in an image forming apparatus; a conveyance guide portion disposed in an upper part of the container main body and having an inclined guide surface that guides the waste toner diagonally downward from a reception port which receives the waste toner, to an inside of the container main body; a conveyance portion rotatably provided in the inside of the container main body where the conveyance guide portion is not disposed, and configured to, by being rotated, convey the waste toner in a direction along a rotation axis line; a conversion portion disposed on a rotation shaft of the conveyance portion and configured to convert a rotational motion of the rotation shaft to a reciprocating motion in conjunction with a rotation of the rotation shaft; a moving member whose one end part is connected to the conversion portion and the other end part extends through the conveyance guide portion diagonally upward toward the reception port, the moving member configured to reciprocally move in a direction along the inclined guide surface by a force of the reciprocating motion received from the conversion portion; and a restriction member disposed in the conveyance guide portion and configured to restrict the moving member from being displaced upward from the inclined guide surface by pressing the moving member toward the inclined guide surface in such a manner that the other end part of the moving member abuts on the inclined guide surface.