Waste toner collecting device, an image forming apparatus having a toner container and the container provided with a waste toner recovery unit

摘要

PURPOSE: To accurately position a container and to easily attach/datach it even in the case of attaching the container in its breadthwise direction by effectively utilizing the wall surface of a toner storing part and the wall surface of a toner recovering part. CONSTITUTION: A wall surface on one side of the toner storing part is formed in a recessed inclined plane and the side surface on the other side of the waste toner recovering part 30 is formed in a projecting inclined plane, and the recessed inclind plane and the projecting inclined plane are formed nearly parallel to a container attaching/detaching direction. A blade body 32 is provided successively on a rotary shaft 21 and elastically deformably in a rotating direction in a recovery space 30a, and a toner scraping member 34 is provided at the tip side of the blade body 32 and constituted so that it can scrape a space on an exit side faced to a roller peripheral surface 31.