Patent ID: 9696658
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. A developer container including an opening and configured to store developer therein, the developer container comprising a conveyance member configured to convey the developer, wherein the conveyance member includes a vibration target unit configured to receive a vibration, wherein the conveyance member conveys the developer in a first direction in which the developer is conveyed toward an opening side, and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, along a surface of the conveyance member for carrying the developer, wherein the conveyance member conveys the developer by the vibration transmitted from the vibration target unit with a resultant force generated by a conveyance component in the first direction and a conveyance component in the second direction, and wherein a maximum acceleration in the first direction that is provided to the conveyance member by the vibration transmitted from the vibration target unit is set to a lower acceleration than a maximum acceleration in an opposite direction from the first direction that is provided by the vibration transmitted from the vibration target unit.