Patent ID: 9128416
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developing device comprising: a developer bearer; a first developer compartment to supply developer to the developer bearer; a second developer compartment to supply developer to the first developer compartment, the second developer compartment adjacent to the first developer compartment; a partition to divide, at least partly, the first developer compartment from the second developer compartment, the partition including a communicating opening through which developer is transferred from the second developer compartment to the first developer compartment; a rotary conveyor to transport developer inside the second developer compartment to the communicating opening; and a flexible sheet provided to the rotary conveyor and positioned facing the communicating opening, the flexible sheet to rotate integrally with the rotary conveyor and project through the communicating opening into the first developer compartment as the rotary conveyor rotates.