POWDER CONVEYING MEMBER, POWDER CONVEYING DEVICE USING THE SAME, FRAME, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DEVICE OF MANUFACTURING THE POWDER CONVEYING MEMBER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a powder conveying member which can be prevented from being disabled in conveyance due to the fact that powder gets stuck in a powder conveying tubular member having a non-linear portion formed in a curved or bent shape and can be prevented from being broken, when the powder is conveyed by using the tubular member and to provide a powder conveying device using the powder conveying member, a frame, an image forming apparatus and a device of manufacturing the powder conveying member.

SOLUTION: The powder conveying member is provided with a freely curved shaft core portion 70 and a freely curved blade portion 71 for conveying the powder provided in the circumference of the shaft core portion. The shaft core portion has a large diameter portion 77 whose diameter is set to be relatively large and a small diameter portion 78 whose diameter is set to be relatively small and is configured so that the large diameter portion side is rotationally driven and the small diameter portion is freely curved.

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