Patent ID: 8787802
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developing apparatus for storing a developing agent which contains a toner and a carrier, and which develops a latent image on a latent image carrier with said toner, comprising: a developing agent-bearing member, facing said latent image carrier, with magnetic poles formed around; a developing agent control member, arranged under said developing agent-bearing member while facing this member, to control a volume of said developing agent on said developing agent-bearing member; a developer recovery unit, arranged at an upper position of a space created by shielding an inside space of said developing apparatus, a developer supply unit, arranged in a lower position of said created space, to supply said developing agent onto said developing agent-bearing member; first developer conveying member, arranged in said developer recovery unit; second developer conveying member, arranged in said developer supply unit; a shielding member, having first and second communication sections connecting said developer recovery unit and said developer supply unit, in accordance with both ends of said first and second developer conveying members in a longitudinal direction thereof respectively, wherein a guide section, provided in said shielding member, guides a developing agent which has left from said developing agent-bearing member to said first developer conveying member in said developer recovery unit, and a third communication section passes through said shielding member, said third communication section connecting and communicating said developer recovery unit and said developer supply unit, apart from said first and second communication sections.