| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging cartridge capable of using up toner as completely as possible even in a style that the position of a toner feeding route from a toner hopper is restricted and to provide an image forming apparatus using the imaging cartridge. <P>SOLUTION: In the imaging cartridge 3, a toner feeding port 39 is formed on one position in the width direction of image formation in the toner hopper 32. A storage communication part 34 is arranged in the toner hopper 32 and the storage communication part 34 is energized to a direction keeping away from the toner feeding port 39 by a tension spring 40. Provided that the elasticity of the tension spring 40 is weakened to a degree that the storage communication part 34 can not push the toner 41 aside. During the existence of the toner 41, the storage communication part 34 is moved to the left side in the shown figure together with a flow of the toner 41. When the toner 41 is nearly completely removed, the storage communication part 34 is returned to the original position by the elasticity of the tension spring 40. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |
