Patent ID: 7058342
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developer for an image forming apparatus, comprising: a developing casing having a plurality of toner chambers to contain a toner; a plurality of agitators rotatably disposed in the toner chambers to agitate and transfer the toner, each of the agitators comprising a resilient wing; a toner supplying roller rotatably disposed adjacent to one of the toner chambers of the developing casing; a developing roller to transfer and attach the toner supplied from the toner supplying roller to a photoconductive medium; and at least one partition disposed in the developing casing to separate each of the toner chambers, each of the at least one partitions having a plurality of slits to transfer the toner from one toner chamber to another toner chamber therethrough while the agitators rotate, wherein each of the partitions has a rib, and wherein each rib is sloped upward at a predetermined angle from a lower portion of the slits.