A waste toner collecting container which is used in a color image forming
apparatus and can be removed from the machine and stores waste toner
particles which have not been transferred to recording paper and have
been collected, is constructed such that an air sealing member is
disposed at the coupling between the waste toner collecting container and
a conveying member for conveying the collected waste toner into the waste
toner collecting container to prevent the waste toner from seeping out at
the coupling when the waste toner is conveyed and to seal the collecting
port so that no waste toner will spill out from the waste toner
collecting container which has been removed for replacement after the
waste toner collected and conveyed therein has reached the predetermined
amount.