| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the operability such as toner supply and facilitate the disposal of waste toner by providing a plurality of developing means and one toner hopper within a device body, and supplying a developer to the respective developing means from the toner hopper. SOLUTION: A user installs a toner bottle 14 to a hopper opening. The toner supplied to a toner hopper 13 is sent to a discharge opening part 17 by the rotation of a toner supplying member 16, and freely fallen to the center part of a toner supplying pipe 18. The toner supplying pipe 18 is extended laterally from the toner falling position, a toner carrying member 19a for carrying the toner to a developing means 6c of first image forming part and a toner carrying member 19b for carrying the toner to a developing means 6c of second image forming part are provided within the pipe 18, and toner carrying motors 20a, 20b are connected to the respective end parts of the toner carrying members 19a, 19b. Thus, each of the toner carrying members 19a, 10b is independently rotated to supply the carried toner to the respective developing means 6c. |
