Patent ID: 9128457
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming portion which forms a toner image; a collecting container which is detachably arranged in an apparatus main body and which collects toner discharged from the image forming portion; a conveying pipe which is movable in relation to the apparatus main body, and which conveys toner exhausted from the image forming portion to the collecting container, wherein the conveying pipe is rotatable to a first position and to a second position different from the first position; a member which is configured to permit detaching of a portion of the apparatus main body that faces the collecting container, wherein the member is positioned so to overlap, in a direction along an axis of rotation of the conveying pipe, the conveying pipe when the conveying pipe is located at the first position, and to not overlap the conveying pipe when the conveying pipe is located at the second position; and a fixing portion which is configured to fix the conveying pipe in the first position and the second position.