Patent ID: 9141032
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developing device comprising: a developer container that contains developer; a developer carrying body provided in the developer container and configured to rotate while carrying the developer, the developer carrying body facing an image carrying body on which a latent image is to be formed; a first transport member including a rotating shaft and a transport blade supported by the rotating shaft, the first transport member being configured to transport the developer in the developer container while stirring the developer; a second transport member including a rotating shaft and a transport blade supported by the rotating shaft, the second transport member being provided parallel to the first transport member in a horizontal direction and being configured to transport the developer while stirring the developer, the second transport member transporting the developer in a second direction opposite to a first direction in which the first transport member transports the developer; a partition member provided between the first transport member and the second transport member and separating a space in the developer container into a first housing in which the first transport member is provided and a second housing in which the second transport member is provided; an inflow portion provided in the developer container at a downstream end in the second direction and on an outer side with respect to an end of the developer carrying body, the inflow portion allowing the developer to flow from the second housing into the first housing; a high-speed transport portion provided in a range corresponding to the inflow portion and extending in the first direction, the high-speed transport portion being configured to transport the developer at a higher speed than a speed at which the developer in a range corresponding to the developer carrying body is transported; and a regulating member provided at a position corresponding to a downstream end of the high-speed transport portion in the first direction, the regulating member being configured to regulate a height of a mound of developer in the first housing.