Patent ID: 9069321
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A waste container that is detachably mounted on an electrophotographic image forming apparatus to electrophotographically print an image by using a developing agent formed by mixing a carrier and a toner and receives therein a waste discharged during the printing, the waste container comprising: a first inlet to receive a first waste; a second inlet to receive a second waste; a first region to receive the first waste introduced through the first inlet; and a second region to receive the second waste introduced through the second inlet, the second region being disposed within the first region and separated from the first region, wherein a bottom surface of the second region is at the same level as a bottom surface of the first region, wherein the second inlet is disposed below the first inlet, wherein the waste container further comprises a full sensing unit to detect whether the first region is full of the first waste, and wherein the full sensing unit comprises: an isolation chamber inside the first region, the isolation chamber having an opening formed below the first inlet and being in communication with the first region, the isolation chamber being isolated from the second region and the second inlet; and a sensor disposed in the isolation chamber to sense the first waste introduced through the opening.