| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology preventing carrying failure of developer. <P>SOLUTION: The carrying apparatus includes a first carrying path 611 for carrying toner, a first carrying device 612 disposed within the first carrying path 611 and rotated to carry the toner in the first carrying path 611, and a falling path 670 connected to the downstream side of the first carrying path 611 to fall the toner carried to the first carrying device 612 by gravity. The falling path 670 includes a rotary member 630 constituting an inner wall surface of the falling path 670 and an outer sheath connecting member 620 constituting an outer sheath of the falling path 670, and the inner wall surface of the falling path 670 reciprocates according to the rotation of the first conveying device 612. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |
