Patent ID: 6205304
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A developing apparatus, comprising:a developer bearing member for bearing and carrying a developer to a developing position;a sealing member disposed in the vicinity of an end portion of said developer bearing member in a longitudinal direction of said developer bearing member and adapted for preventing the developer from being leaked from the end portion of said developer bearing member;a developer regulating member for regulating a thickness of the developer born on said developer bearing member;a developer scraping member for scraping the developer off from said developer bearing member by contacting with the end portion of said developer bearing member, wherein said developer scraping member has a developer scraping portion disposed on a downstream side of said sealing member and on an upstream side of the developing position in a carrying direction of the developer by said developer bearing member and said developer scraping portion is disposed so as to be overlapped with said sealing member in the longitudinal direction; anda damming portion disposed on the downstream side of said sealing member and on an upstream side of said developer scraping portion in the carrying direction, and adapted for damming the developer scraped off by said developer scraping portion, said damming portion being provided so as to be overlapped with said developer scraping portion in the longitudinal direction.