Disclosed is a developer collecting apparatus capable of preventing a
developer collected from a photoconductive medium from clotting while
being supplied to a developing unit. The developer collecting apparatus
includes a developer collecting container including an inlet for inflow
of a developer removed from a photoconductive medium by a cleaning
member, and an outlet for discharge of the developer. The developer
collecting apparatus also includes a developer storing container
connected to the developer collecting container through a transport pipe
and a vibration unit for preventing the developer from clotting and
accumulating at the outlet of the developer collecting container and in
the transport pipe.