Developer container and developing device

摘要

A developer container includes: a container body that has an opening at an upper part and is configured to accommodate therein developer; a conveyance member that is provided in the container body, and includes a rotation member having a rotary shaft and an elastic part, which is supported by the rotation member, is configured to be elastically deformed and is configured to rotate to convey the developer from the opening to an outside of the container body; and a driving member that is connected to one end portion of the rotary shaft and is configured to rotate the rotary shaft. The container body includes a first support part to which the other end portion of the rotary shaft is loosely fitted and a second support part that supports the one end portion of the rotary shaft.

主权项

1. A developer container comprising:
a conveyance member including a rotation member having a rotary shaft extending in a first direction, and an elastic part which is supported by the rotation member and is configured to be elastically deformed; a driving member that is connected to one end portion of the rotary shaft and is configured to rotate the rotary shaft; and a container body configured to accommodate therein developer, the container body including:
a first side wall including a first support part configured to support another end portion of the rotary shaft, the first support part including a first surface and a second surface extending in a direction intersecting with the first surface;a second side wall disposed apart from the first side wall in the first direction, the second side wall including a second support part configured to support the one end portion of the rotary shaft; anda peripheral wall disposed between the first and second side walls, the peripheral wall including a sliding contact part that is provided in the vicinity of an upstream side in a rotating direction of the conveyance member as regards an opening communicating an inside of the container body with an outside of the container and that the elastic part sliding-contacts while being elastically deformed when the conveyance member is being rotated, wherein the first surface and the second surface are arranged so that the rotary shaft abuts on both the first surface and the second surface at a moment that the elastic part being rotated is separated from the sliding contact part.