Patent ID: 7809312

Claim:
A toner supplying apparatus, comprising: a storage unit to store toner and having a supplying part projecting towards an interior of the storage unit to discharge toner from the storage unit; and an agitating unit to agitate the toner in the storage unit, the agitating unit comprising an agitating film having a first agitating part and a second agitating part, wherein an outer end of the first agitating part is configured to contact an inner surface of the storage unit and a surface of the supplying part and an outer end of the second agitating part is configured to contact the inner surface of the storage unit; wherein the first and second agitating parts extend side-by-side on the same radial plane away from a rotation shaft of the agitating unit to respective outer ends, whereby at least the outer ends of the first and second agitating parts are separated from each other in a width direction parallel to the rotation shaft by a predetermined separation gap, and the first agitating part is configured to bend to slide on the surface of the supplying part during rotation of the agitation film relative to the storage unit, such that the first and second agitating parts are spaced apart from each other in a direction of rotation during rotation of the agitation film relative to the storage unit.