Patent ID: 11243483

Abstract:
A developing apparatus includes a sleeve for carrying a developer including toner and magnetic carrier, the sleeve having a plurality of grooves extending in a longitudinal direction; a magnet provided inside the sleeve, a non-magnetic regulating member, provided spaced from the sleeve, wherein an amount M/S (mg/mm2) of the developer carried on a unit area of the sleeve after passing by the regulating member, a gap SB (mm) between a free end of the regulating member and the sleeve, a density G (mg/mm3) of the developer, and a groove ratio α which is a ratio of the grooves in the surface of the sleeve satisfy, 0.1≤M/S (mg/mm2)≤0.5,0.2≤SB (mm), andm/S (mg/mm2)×¼≤α×{SB (mm)+D (mm)}×G (mg/mm3)<M/S (mg/mm2).