DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPER REPLENISHER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

A developer container includes a container body, a rotary shaft, a rotary stirrer, and a flexible blade. The container body contains developer and has a discharge port. The rotary stirrer includes a rotary support and rotates about the rotary shaft to stir and transport the developer. The rotary support includes a base end rotatable integrally with the rotary shaft, a free end spaced away from an inner wall of the container body, and a holding surface provided at the free end or at a position shifted toward the rotary shaft away from the free end. The holding surface is parallel to or inclined relative to a rotation direction of the rotary support. The flexible blade includes a base end portion held on the holding surface and a distal end to contact the inner wall and transport the developer to the discharge port.

主权项

1. A developer container, comprising:
a container body to contain developer and having a discharge port through which the developer is discharged to an outside of the container body; a rotary shaft; a rotary stirrer including a rotary support and to rotate about the rotary shaft to stir and transport the developer, the rotary support including
a base end rotatable integrally with the rotary shaft,a free end spaced away from an inner wall of the container body, anda holding surface provided at the free end or at a position shifted toward the rotary shaft away from the free end, the holding surface being parallel to or inclined relative to a rotation direction of the rotary support; and a flexible blade including
a base end portion held on the holding surface anda distal end to contact the inner wall of the container body and transport the developer to the discharge port.