Patent ID: 7848682
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A powder supplier comprising: a non-cylindrical housing that stores a powder; a rotating member that is arranged rotatably inside the housing; a sheet-shaped conveying member that is fixed to the rotating member and has a free end side that differs from a fixed portion thereof, the sheet-shaped conveying member sweeping against inner walls of the housing due to rotation of the rotating member, and conveying the powder in an axial direction of the rotating member; a powder supply port provided in the housing at a downstream side of the direction in which the powder is conveyed; and an assisting member that is provided at a region of the conveying member opposite to the powder supply port and performs agitation of the powder and conveying of the powder to the powder supply port, wherein the shortest distance from a center position of rotation of the rotating member to a bottom portion of the housing is shorter than the shortest distance from the center position of rotation of the rotating member to the powder supply port.