Patent ID: 9086656
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier that carries an image; a developer container that stores a developer comprising a toner and a carrier; a moving mechanism that moves the toner of the developer stored in the developer container to the image carrier, the moving mechanism including a stirring and transporting member that stirs the developer stored in the developer container and transports the developer to the moving mechanism; a layer thickness regulating member that regulates a layer thickness of the developer held by the developer holder; and a movement regulating unit that regulates movement of the developer toward the developer holder; wherein the movement regulating unit has an end at a stirring and transporting member side, the end being located at the stirring and transporting member side with respect to a tangent line which is tangent to an outer circumference of the stirring and transporting member and which passes through a position where a density of magnetic flux of the attraction magnetic pole on the surface of the developing holder is the highest.