| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner supply device which is devised to use stored toner entirely, to provide a developing device with the toner supply device, and to provide an image forming apparatus equipped with the developing device. <P>SOLUTION: The toner supply device includes a toner storage chamber which stores toner and has a toner supply port for supplying the stored toner to an outer part therethrough; a toner carrying member which is disposed in the toner storage chamber, is rotated, thereby, carries the toner stored in the toner storage chamber toward the toner supply port and has at least a part made of a flexible member, being in proximity to or in contact to an inner wall surface of the toner storage chamber; and particulate members which are stored in the toner storage chamber, have a specific gravity larger than that of the toner stored in the toner storage and have a density which is 3.1 g/cm<SP>3</SP>or higher. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |
