Patent ID: 9581933
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. A developing device for an image forming apparatus, said developing device comprising: a developing roller including a surface for carrying developer; and a regulating member for regulating the developer carried on said surface of said developing roller, said regulating member including a plate-like metal portion and a resin portion provided on said metal portion, wherein said metal portion includes a facing surface facing said developing roller and a non-facing surface opposite from said facing surface, with said resin portion being provided on both of said facing surface and said non-facing surface, and with said metal portion being provided between a part of said resin portion contacting said developing roller and a part of said resin portion provided on said non-facing surface along a line perpendicular to said surface of said developing roller, and wherein, in a contact region between said developing roller and said regulating member, said resin portion on said facing surface is thicker than said resin portion on said non-facing surface.