Patent ID: 7899367

Claim:
A toner cartridge comprising: a toner storing portion configured to store toner therein; a rotating shaft rotatably disposed in the toner storing portion, the rotating shaft including a fixing portion, which extends away from the rotating shaft in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft; a flexible member having a base end attached to an end of the fixing portion and a free end opposite to the base end, the flexible member extending along a longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft, the flexible member configured to bend at the free end, the flexible member including a slit, the slit extending toward the rotating shaft from the free end of the flexible member, the flexible member configured to have different flexibilities at a first end and a second end of at least one of a plurality of areas of the flexible member partitioned by the slit, the first end and the second end being separated from each other in the longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft; and a supporting member which is a plate-shaped member having at least a first side which extends away from the rotating shaft parallel to the fixing portion and a second side which contacts the flexible member at a first support point and extends away from the fixing portion in a direction parallel to the flexible member.