| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve both circulation of a developer agent and supply of the developer agent to a developer agent carrier in a developer unit in which a developer agent container section is arranged below a developer section. <P>SOLUTION: The developer unit 61 includes: the developer section 201 which is provided with the developer agent carrier (developer roller 61C) to carry the developer, and a developer agent supplier (supplier roller 61D) to supply the developer agent to the developer agent carrier; the developer agent container section (toner box 100) which contains the developer agent and is adjacent to the lower part of the developer section 201; an adjacent wall 110 which is curved inward at the developer agent container section to be adjacent to the developer section 201 out of wall to form the developer agent container section, and formed to have a feeding hole (first feeding hole 111) and a collecting hole (first collecting hole 112); an agitator 140 which is arranged in the developer agent container section, and is rotated so as to be slidably in contact with an inner wall of the developer agent container section and convey the developer agent toward the feeding hole; and an auger 240 which is arranged along the developer agent supplier and conveys the developer agent toward the collecting hole side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |
