| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a noise reduction effect of a developer conveying device.SOLUTION: A developer conveying device 14 conveys a residual developer recovered from a photoreceptor drum 8 after a transfer step of an image forming apparatus 1 to a developing roller 11, and is provided with a conveyance auxiliary member 21 in a guide tube 20 in the middle of a conveyance path of residual developer. A plurality of cut-off parts 21d that extend upward from a bottom edge are formed at the lower part of the conveyance auxiliary member 21. Formation of the cut-off parts 21d reduces rigidity of the conveyance auxiliary member 21, and thereby reducing noise that occurs when the lower part of the conveyance auxiliary member 21 is swept by a conveyance member 14e. |
