Patent ID: 7627280

Claim:
A developer transporting apparatus comprising: a drop path through which a developer drops; a developer transporting path that is connected to the drop path, and through which a developer flowing thereinto from the drop path is transported; a developer transporting member that is disposed within the developer transporting path, and that rotates to transport the developer residing within the developer transporting path; and an aggregation preventing member including: a contact portion that is in contact with the developer transporting member, and that moves in conjunction with the rotation of the developer transporting member; and a developer scrub-off portion that is disposed between an inner wall surface of the developer transporting path and the developer transporting member, and that moves along the inner wall surface in conjunction with the movement of the contact portion, at least part of the aggregation preventing member being disposed at a connecting portion between the drop path and the developer transporting path to prevent the aggregation of the developer to the inner wall surface.