| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner conveyance unit, a transfer unit and an image forming apparatus capable of preventing toner leaked from a discharge port from dropping downward when a toner conveyance unit is carried by detaching from an image forming apparatus.SOLUTION: A toner conveyance unit 6 comprises: a toner conveyance part 60; a discharge port 63; a shutter 64; and a flange part 65. The toner conveyance part 60 includes a first toner conveyance part 61 and a second toner conveyance part 62 connected to an end part on the downstream side of the first toner conveyance part 61 in the conveyance direction X. The second toner conveyance part 62 has flexibility and is deformable. In the second toner conveyance part 62 in the conveyance direction X, the discharge port 63 which can be freely opened/closed by the shutter 64 is formed at an end part on the downstream side and a disc-shaped flange part 65 covering an entire peripheral edge of the second toner conveyance part 62 is arranged on the upper stream side of the discharge port 63. The toner conveyance part 60 is held by a hook part 75 on the upper stream side of the flange part 65 in the conveyance direction X by deforming the second conveyance part 62. |
