Patent ID: 7853180
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A toner supplier comprising a toner stirrer for stirring toner, the stirrer including: a shaft formed from a resin having a first melting point and having a plurality of positioning bosses that extend from a side of the shaft; an auxiliary member formed of a material having a second melting point higher than the first melting point and haying a plurality of positioning holes along one edge; and a fixture formed from a resin having a melting point lower than the second melting point, wherein the stirrer is formed by inserting the positioning bosses of the shaft through the positioning holes of the auxiliary member, inserting the shaft and the edge of the auxiliary member in a molding machine, injecting molten resin into the molding machine to form the fixture on a side of the auxiliary member opposite to the shaft such that the molten resin melts portions of the positioning bosses that extend through the edge of the auxiliary member, and cooling the resin so that the shaft, the positioning bosses and the fixture are part of the same unitary resin structure.