Patent ID: 8611770
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a storage container which horizontally stores waste toner received from a storage port; a full detection sensor which detects whether the waste toner has reached a full position in the storage container, the full position being at an end of the storage container at the opposite side from the storage port inside the storage container; a near detection sensor which detects whether the waste toner has reached a nearly full position in the storage container closer to the storage port than the full position; and a conveyance portion which is provided inside the storage container, the conveyance portion including an axial rod, and the conveyance portion rotating about the axial rod, wherein the conveyance portion includes: wherein the storage container includes a partition portion which is provided between the nearly full position and the full position so as to separate therebetween and which disturbs the movement of the waste toner so as to prevent the waste toner that reaches the nearly full position from directly moving to the full position before the near detection sensor has detected that the waste toner has reached the nearly full position.