摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a developer conveying device that conveys developer smoothly by suppressing flocculation of the developer on a carrying body at a developer takeout part, and an image forming device. <P>SOLUTION: The image forming device includes: an image holding body (photoreceptor drum 3) configured to hold an image formed by a developer; a developer case (cartridge case 71) configured to accommodate the developer (toner T) and to have a supplying port 71A opening at a position facing the image holding body; a developer conveying body (toner carrying body 73) configured to carry the developer accommodated in the developer case toward the image holding body by generating a traveling electric field through a plurality of carrying electrodes; a vibrator 74 that vibrates the developer conveying body; and a vibrating region moving means (moving device 75 and controller 8) configured to move a vibrating region vibrated by the vibrator 74 along the developer conveying body in accordance with an amount of the developer in the developer case. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |