| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a developer container capable of improving the ability of a developer conveying member for conveying developer (toner) to convey the developer.SOLUTION: Toner is agitated by the rotation of an agitator body 13C made of elastic pieces with an axis of rotation 13A as a center in a container body 12. The agitator body (developer conveying member body)13C slides along a sliding curved surface part 12B and a sliding plane part 12C of the container body 12 in an elastically bent state toward the upper stream side of the rotation direction, discharges developer into a developer conveying chamber 12D by the elastic return of the agitator body 13C into the developer conveying chamber 12D with an elastic restoration force, and then, toner is conveyed by airflow to a developer delivery outlet 12E with the agitator body 13C colliding with a collision part 12A. At this time, since the agitator body 13C collides with the collision part 12A so as to upwardly remove the air between the agitator body 13C and the collision part 12A, a strong air conveying flow having high energy as the air flow for conveying toner is generated. |
