Patent ID: 8843030

Claim:
An image forming apparatus using electrophotography, comprising: a waste toner container to collect developer used for forming images and ejected from an image forming unit of the image forming apparatus as waste toner; and an accommodation unit to detachably accommodate the waste toner container in the image forming apparatus, wherein the accommodation unit including a reduction device to reduce a force required for withdrawing the waste toner container from an interior to an exterior of the image forming apparatus, the reduction device contacts a bottom face of the waste toner container when the waste toner container is partially withdrawn from a fully mounted position of the waste toner container in the accommodation unit to the exterior of the image forming apparatus, the waste toner container includes a recessed portion formed in the bottom face of the waste toner container, the recessed portion having a height that is higher than a non-recessed portion of the bottom face of the waste toner container, and the reduction device faces the recessed portion while not contacting the bottom face of the waste toner container when the waste toner container is fully mounted in image forming the apparatus.