Patent ID: 8224213

Claim:
A toner transferring mechanism comprising: an agitating and transferring member disposed in a housing accommodating toner, and having a blade portion thereof formed in a spiral shape on a circumferential portion of a rotatable shaft portion; and a plurality of scraping members making contact with the agitating and transferring member, and then scraping toner adhering to the agitating and transferring member, the scraping members arranged in an axial direction of the agitating and transferring member, wherein the scraping members are each formed with a wire-like member, and the scraping members are each provided with a load absorbing portion located between a holding portion at which each of the scraping members is held in the housing and a contact portion making contact with the blade portion of the agitating and transferring member, the load absorbing portion being formed into a coil that is elastically deformable preceding any other portion of the scraping member.