Patent ID: 8548362

Claim:
A toner stirring member, comprising: a stirring blade made of a flexible sheet and having an insertion hole; and a rotation shaft having (i) a nipping section for nipping the flexible sheet such that the flexible sheet can be inserted into and pulled out from the nipping section and (ii) a projecting section to be inserted into the insertion hole, the toner stirring member being configured such that the stirring blade is fixed to the rotation shaft when the toner stirring member is in such a state that (a) the flexile sheet is nipped by the nipping section and (b) the projecting section is inserted into the insertion hole, the projecting section having a first inclining surface that inclines in a direction in which the flexible sheet is pulled out from the nipping section, the direction in which the flexible sheet is pulled out from the nipping section being parallel to a longitudinal axis of the rotation shaft.