Patent ID: 8116644

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming section that forms an image on a recording medium; a storage container that is detachably and attachably provided and that stores waste powder having been discarded and transported from the image forming section; a first transporting section that transports, from the image forming section, the waste powder having been discarded in the image forming section; a transport path through which the waste powder having been transported by the first transporting section is caused to fall down and is transported; a second transporting section that transports, to the storage container, the waste powder having been transported through the transport path; and a controller that stops driving of the second transporting section if an operation set in advance is executed when the storage container is removed, wherein the first transporting section comprises: an upstream-side transporting mechanism that transports, from the image forming section, the waste powder having been discarded in the image forming section; a falling-down transport path through which the waste powder having been transported by the upstream-side transporting mechanism is caused to fall down and is transported; and a downstream-side transporting mechanism that transports, to the transport path, the waste powder having been transported through the falling-down transport path, and the controller further stops driving of the downstream-side transporting mechanism of the first transporting section if a condition set in advance is satisfied, after stopping the driving of the second transporting section, wherein the controller further stops the driving of the downstream-side transporting mechanism of the first transporting section in at least any one of cases where the storage container that has been removed is not attached within a time period set in advance and where the waste powder reaches a specified position of the transport path.