Patent ID: 8554118
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developer unit for an image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording sheet, comprising: a developer device having a developer agent carrier, which carries a developer agent on a surface thereof, and a developer agent supplier, which supplies the developer agent to the developer agent carrier; a developer agent container, which contains the developer agent to be supplied to the developer device and is arranged in an upper position with respect to the developer device; and a curved wall that is configured to separate the developer device, which is disposed downward from the curved wall, from the developer agent container, which is disposed upward from the curved wall; the curved wall being curved toward the developer agent container and formed to have a feeding opening, through which the developer agent from the developer agent container is supplied to the developer device, and a collecting opening, through which the developer agent in the developer device is retrieved in the developer agent container; and a conveyer, which is arranged along the developer agent supplier and rotated about a rotation axis to convey the developer agent supplied to the developer device through the feeding opening toward the collecting opening, wherein the curved wall is arranged to be in proximity to the conveyer and to fit with outlines of the conveyer.