Patent ID: 7599633

Claim:
A dust container configured to contain dust therein, comprising: a container body configured to contain the dust therein; an inlet to the container body for passing the dust therethrough; a dust conveying unit that conveys the dust from the inlet to a portion away from the inlet inside the container body, the dust conveying unit including a plurality of conveying members arranged at different positions in the dust conveying unit and operating to urge the dust in a predetermined direction within the container, at least one of the conveying members of the plurality of conveying members being different with respect to others of the plurality of conveying members in at least any one of a dust conveying direction and a dust conveying amount; a dust detector configured to detect whether the container body is substantially full with the dust, and wherein the dust conveying unit further includes a regulating plate that is configured to regulate a flow of the dust generated by the plurality of conveying members.