DEVELOPER RECEIVING VESSEL AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE

摘要

An object of the invention is to provide a developer receiving vessel which does not have a complicated mechanism by which a vessel main body for storing a developer is rotatably stably supported, the vessel preventing the received developer from coagulating during rotation, and being capable of supplying a developer in powder form to an image forming device main body. A developer receiving vessel (130) includes a vessel main body (131) which is substantially cylindrically formed and in which the developer used for image formation is received, the vessel main body (131) having its axial intermediate portion radially opened, and adapted to transfer the received developer toward the intermediate portion by being rotated around an axis (L131), and a support member (132) supporting the axial intermediate portion of the vessel main body (131) over the entire periphery thereof from radially outside as the vessel main body (131) is rotatable around the axis (L131), and having a guide hole (151) for guiding the developer from the vessel main body (131) to outside.