Patent ID: 9405230
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A transporting apparatus, comprising: a first transporting member configured to transport a developer while churning in a first transporting path in a developer vessel; a second transporting member configured to transport the developer while churning in a direction reverse to the first transporting member in a second transporting path that is arranged in parallel with the first transporting path in the developer vessel, and supplies the developer to a developer bearing member; a third transporting path that is connected to the second transporting path in an upstream side of a transporting direction of the developer by the second transporting member; and a third transporting member configured to transport the developer that overflows from the second transporting path to the third transporting path to a discharge port, wherein the second transporting path is extended toward the upstream side of the transporting direction of the developer by the second transporting member such that an upstream end of the transporting direction of the developer by the second transporting member is arranged beyond a downstream end of a transporting direction of the developer by the first transporting member.