| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner conveying mechanism capable of continuously maintaining suitable toner conveying performance by preventing the damage of a scraping member and the adhesion of a toner to a stirring/conveying member even if the scraping member is repeatedly deformed in conjunction with the rotation of the stirring/conveying member. <P>SOLUTION: The toner conveying mechanism 60 is provided with the toner scraping member 63 which is arranged according to the spiral pitch of the blade 62a of a second stirring/conveying member 62 and can come into contact with the blade 62a. The scraping member 63 has a load absorbing part 63c which can be elastically deformed more preferentially than the other place between a holding part 63a being a holding place by a holding member 64 and a contact part 63b being a contact place with the blade 62a of the second stirring/conveying member 62. Thus, the scraping member 63 is deformed in conjunction with the rotation of the second stirring/conveying member 62 to repeatedly absorb a load at the place of the load absorbing part 63c, so that the damage such as plastic deformation and breakage can be prevented. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |
