TONER CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THIS

摘要

A toner conveying device includes a housing, a screw, a discharging part and a removing member. The housing houses toner. The screw is formed by fixing a vane of a spiral shape to a circumferential face of a rotation axis rotatably supported in the housing. The discharging part is formed to be able to discharge the toner conveyed by the screw, to an outside of the housing. The removing member is elongated from the rotation axis to an outside in a radial direction, rotates with the screw and removes the toner remaining at the discharging part. The removing member is formed in a comb shape formed by continuously forming a recess and a protrusion at a free end part of the removing member.

主权项

1. A toner conveying device comprising:
a housing configured to house toner; a screw formed by fixing a vane of a spiral shape to a circumferential face of a rotation axis rotatably supported in the housing; a discharging part formed to be able to discharge the toner conveyed by the screw, to an outside of the housing; and a removing member elongated from the rotation axis to an outside in a radial direction and configured to rotate with the screw and remove the toner remaining at the discharging part, wherein the removing member is formed in a comb shape by forming a recess and a protrusion at a free end part of the removing member.