Patent ID: 8824951

Claim:
A toner conveyor for conveying toner to a toner container, the toner conveyor comprising: a noncircular conveyance member rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation to convey the toner to the toner container; a plate-shaped metal scraper slidably contacting the conveyance member with predetermined pressure therebetween to scrape the toner off the conveyance member, the scraper including: a contact end contacting the conveyance member; at least one through-hole spaced apart from the contact end; and a toner carrying face contacting the toner accumulated in the toner container; and a lid attached to the toner carrying face of the scraper to cover the at least one through-hole of the scraper and including a separation region extending from an upper edge thereof to at least a position disposed opposite a lower edge of the at least one through-hole in a short direction of the scraper, the separation region separatable from the scraper.