Patent ID: 8855511
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A storage container for a developer, comprising: a first storage unit configured to store a collected developer; a second storage unit disposed at an end of the first storage unit and configured to store the developer conveyed from the first storage unit; a detection member configured to detect the developer stored in the second storage unit; a full-state determining unit configured to determine whether the first storage unit is a full state or not, based on a detected result of the detection member; and a conveyance auger disposed in the first storage unit and configured to rotate and convey the developer stored in the first storage unit to the second storage unit, wherein the conveyance auger comprises: a first region configured to convey the developer in a predetermined conveyance direction; a second region disposed on a downstream side with respect to the first region in the conveyance direction and on an upstream side with respect to the second storage unit in the conveyance direction and is set such that a conveyance ability of the developer in the second region is lower than that in the first region; and a third region disposed on the downstream side with respect to the second region in the conveyance direction and configured to convey the developer stored in the first storage unit in the conveyance direction, wherein the conveyance auger is rotatably supported by other end of the first storage unit in a cantilever state.