Toner conveying device of image forming apparatus including pushing member to push conveyance member from different directions

A toner conveying device comprising:

• a case that can store therein toner to be conveyed;
• a conveyance member rotatably supported at both ends thereof by the case, including a spiral blade extending in a rotational axis direction, and configured to rotate to convey the toner inside the case in a conveying direction set in advance;
• and
• a pushing member configured to, while being in contact with an outer peripheral portion of the conveyance member, slide on the outer peripheral portion as the conveyance member rotates, wherein
• the pushing member is composed of a first sheet member and a second sheet member having flexibility and each including:
• a base portion secured at a securing position defined inside the case;
• and
• a plurality of protruding pieces aligned in the rotational axis direction and protruding from the base portion toward the conveyance member so as to be able to abut on the outer peripheral portion of the conveyance member,
• an alignment interval between the plurality of protruding pieces is different from a pitch of the spiral blade in the rotational axis direction,
• the first sheet member abuts on the outer peripheral portion in a first direction intersecting with the rotational axis direction of the conveyance member to push the conveyance member,
• the second sheet member abuts on the outer peripheral portion in a second direction, which is different from the first direction, intersecting with the rotational axis direction to push the conveyance member, and
• the protruding pieces of the first sheet member and the protruding pieces of the second sheet member are shifted from each other in the rotational axis direction.