Patent ID: 7437105

Claim:
A developing device comprising: a developer bearing body that partially faces an inside of a developer storing chamber, said developer bearing body being rotatable and bearing a developer; a first developer carrying member disposed in said developer storing chamber together with said developer bearing body, said first developer carrying member rotating to carry said developer in an axial direction, and a second developer carrying member disposed in said developer storing chamber together with said first developer carrying member, said second developer carrying member rotating to carry said developer in an axial direction, wherein said first developer carrying member carries said developer from end portions of said developer storing chamber toward a center portion of said developer storing chamber, and said second developer carrying member carries said developer from said center portion toward said end portions, and wherein an amount of said developer carried from said end portions toward said center portion of said developer storing chamber is greater than an amount of said developer carried from said center portion toward said end portions of said developer storing chamber.