Patent ID: 8526853
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a toner container having a portion defining an opening through which toner contained therein are released or toner is received inside; and a toner conveying channel that is connected to the opening of the toner container to convey the toner from the inside of the toner container or into the toner container, wherein the image forming apparatus forms an image by transferring a toner image, obtained by attaching the toner to a latent image on a latent image carrying body, onto a recording medium, and the image forming apparatus further comprises: a handle member that is held by an operator when an orientation of the image forming apparatus is changed from a predetermined use orientation to a different orientation; and a blocking unit that is caused to block a path between the inside and the opening of the toner container, without being powered, in association with an operator operation performed to the handle member upon changing the orientation of the image forming apparatus from the use orientation to the different orientation.