TONER CARRYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce rubbing noise produced at the time of actuating a toner carrying device for carrying toner left after transfer removed from a photoreceptor by a cleaning device to a developing device. SOLUTION: This toner carrying device is equipped with a toner carrying tube 31 provided between the cleaning device 27 and the developing device 22 and a toner carrying member 32 consisting of a coil provided in the tube 31, and the member 32 is driven and rotated to carry the toner T. The member 32 is constituted of resin.