Patent ID: 8855522

Claim:
A toner conveying apparatus comprising: a conveying unit providing a toner conveyance path having an inlet portion and an outlet portion and provided for conveying toner from the inlet portion to the outlet portion; a first rotation member that is rotatable and located upstream in a toner conveying direction of the conveyance path, wherein the first rotation member rotates about a first rotating shaft to convey toner from an outside of the toner conveyance path toward the inlet portion; a second rotation member that is rotatable and located downstream in the toner conveying direction of the conveyance path, wherein the second rotation member rotates about a second rotating shaft to convey toner from the outlet portion away from the toner conveyance path; and an agitation device that agitates toner in the toner conveyance path, with one end portion of the agitation device connected to a first eccentric shaft eccentric with regard to the first rotation member and another end portion of the agitation device connected to a second eccentric shaft eccentric with regard to the second rotation member.