Patent ID: 7127207

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: image forming means; a first carrying path for carrying toner discharged from said image forming means toward a recovery portion; a first carrying member contained in said first carrying path and for carrying the toner toward said recovery portion; a second carrying path connected to an aperture of said first carrying path for carrying the toner carried from said first carrying path, wherein an angle formed by a toner carrying direction of said second carrying path in a region opposed to said aperture and a gravitationally downward direction is larger than an angle formed by a toner carrying direction of said first carrying member in the region opposed to said aperture and the gravitationally downward direction; and a second carrying member contained in said second carrying path for carrying the toner toward said recovery portion, wherein, at least in the region opposed to said aperture a carrying amount per unit time by said second carrying member is made larger than a carrying amount per unit time by said first carrying member.