Patent ID: 8280296

Claim:
A powder transporting device comprising: a dropping path through which powder drops; a loosening member that is arranged in the dropping path, and loosens the powder applied on an inner wall of the dropping path; a supporting portion that is provided on the inner wall of the dropping path, and supports the loosening member; a rotary member that includes: a rotary center; and a reciprocation applying portion that is located at a position eccentric from the rotary center, the rotary member being arranged within the dropping path and rotationally driven; and a pair of reciprocation applied portions that are provided in the loosening member, and are brought into contact with the reciprocation applying portion, wherein the loosening member moves to the left and to the right of the rotary center orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the dropping path along the inner wall of the dropping path by contact between the reciprocation applying portion and the pair of reciprocation applied portions while the rotary member rotates, wherein the loosening member includes a flat surface on which the powder drops, the loosening member moving to the left and the right of the rotary center in the same plane that the fiat surface lies in.