Patent ID: 8135293

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming section that forms an image on a recording medium; a storing container that is attachably and detachably provided and that stores waste powder having been discarded and transported from the image forming section; a transport path through which the waste powder from the image forming section is transported; a first discharging part that is provided so as to be allowed to be shut off, and that discharges, to an outside of the transport path, the waste powder having been transported through the transport path; a second discharging part that is provided downstream of the first discharging part in a transporting direction of the waste powder and that discharges, to the storing container, the waste powder having been transported through the transport path; a powder storage part that stores the waste powder having been transported through the transport path and discharged from the second discharging part, when the storing container is removed; and a controller that causes the first discharging part having been shut off to be opened when the storing container is removed, and that causes the waste powder transported from an upstream of the first discharging part in the transporting direction of the waste powder to be discharged from the first discharging part, wherein the powder storage part has a capacity that is enough for storing the waste powder located downstream of the first discharging part in the transporting direction of the waste powder when the first discharging part is caused to be opened by the controller.