Patent ID: 8233814
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developing apparatus, comprising: a housing defining a first chamber and a second chamber, a magnetic member rotatably disposed near the first chamber of the housing, the magnetic medium including a magnetic material; a first agitating member disposed in the first chamber of the housing, the first agitating member being configured to agitate the developer in the first chamber and to move the developer in the first chamber in a first direction; a second agitating member disposed in the second chamber of the housing, the second agitating member configured to agitate the developer in the second chamber and to move developer in the second chamber in a second direction different from the first direction; and a controller configured to control a first developer level associated with an amount of developer in the first chamber in order to maintain the first developer level at a predetermined level in the first chamber by adjusting a rotational speed of the first agitating member or the second agitating member.