Patent ID: 8249470

Claim:
A powder material recovery container comprising: a container main body that accommodates a powder material dropped therein; a conveying member that is arranged so that at least one part thereof is disposed at least in an intermediate position of a dropping movement of the powder material in the container main body and rotates to convey the powder material, the conveying member having a conveying part that conveys the powder material around a central line of rotation; and a moving passage surface arranged in a lower part of the part disposed at least in the intermediate position of the dropping movement of the powder material of the conveying member in the container main body, and opposed to one part of the conveying member to receive a part of the dropping powder material and move the part of the powder material by a conveying force of the conveying member, wherein the moving passage surface has upper end parts of side surfaces opposed to each other with respect to the central line of rotation of the conveying member that are formed with relatively different heights, and the relatively lower upper end part of the side surface is formed with height not higher than a height of the central line of rotation.