Patent ID: 8676097
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developing device comprising: a first developing member that opposes a surface of a rotating image carrier and rotates in a manner such that a moving direction of a portion opposing the image carrier is opposite a moving direction of the image carrier; a second developing member that is provided on a downstream side of the first developing member in a rotating direction of the image carrier, opposes the surface of the image carrier, and rotates in a manner such that a moving direction of a portion opposing the image carrier is the same as the moving direction of the image carrier; a distributing member that is supported movably relative to a proximal portion between the first developing member and the second developing member where the first developing member is closest to the second developing member, the distributing member being provided on a downstream side of the proximal portion in a rotating direction of the first developing member, and distributing, to the first developing member and the second distributing member, developer lying between a surface of the first developing member and a surface of the second developing member by contact with the developer; and a biasing member that biases the distributing member upstream in the rotating direction of the first developing member, wherein the biasing member is an elastically deformable spring member that biases the distributing member in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to a line connecting a rotation axis of the first developing member and a rotation axis of the second developing member, as viewed in an axial direction of the first developing member.