Patent ID: 7362989
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developing apparatus comprising: a developer containing part adapted to contain a developer; a conveyance member rotatably provided in said developer containing part, wherein said conveyance member conveys the developer in a predetermined direction along a rotation axis of said conveyance member in said developer containing part; a replenishment agent supply path in the same direction as the rotation axis of said conveyance member adapted to supply a replenishment agent to said developer containing part through a replenish aperture; a replenishment portion which connects said replenishment agent supply path with said developer containing part to join the replenishment agent supplied from said replenishment agent supply path into said developer containing part, said replenishment portion having a regulation surface, the replenishment agent being supplied from said replenish aperture slipping down on said regulation surface; and a wall surface adjacent to the regulation surface, wherein the wall surface is located on a downstream side of the regulation surface in the predetermined direction and is formed to be inclined with respect to the predetermined direction so that a side of said wall surface near to said developer containing part is located downstream of a side of said wall surface far from said developer containing part in the predetermined direction.