Patent ID: 9588458
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. A developing device comprising: a cylindrical developer holding body that supplies a developer to an image holding body on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, while holding the developer and rotating; a container that accommodates the developer holding body and that is formed with an opening portion facing the image holding body; a deformable contact member that is fixed in the container and on a downstream side of the opening portion body in a rotation direction of the developer holding body and that includes a tip end which extends toward an inner side of the container and which contacts with the developer holding body; and a restriction member that is disposed on an image holding body side of the deformable contact member and that restricts the tip end of the deformable contact member from deforming so as to be in a state where the deformable contact member is directed toward an outer side of the container, wherein the restriction member extends in an axis direction of the developer holding body and is bonded to an opposite side of the deformable contact member to a surface of the deformable contact member which is fixed to the container, and a distance between the developer holding body and a region of the restriction member which is bonded to the deformable contact member at both ends of the restriction member in the axis direction is smaller than a distance between the developer holding body and a region of the restriction member which is bonded to the deformable contact member at a center of the restriction member in the axis direction.