Patent ID: 8472850

Claim:
A developing device that is provided in an image forming device that forms an image, comprising: an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a developer carrier that forms a developer image on a surface of the image carrier by attaching a developer on the electrostatic latent image; a supplying member that supplies the developer to the developer carrier by contacting the developer carrier, and that scrapes the developer remaining on the surface of the developer carrier from the developer carrier; and a deformation amount between the developer carrier and the supplying member is individually configured corresponding to a location where the developing device is provided in the image forming device, wherein the deformation amount (d) is defined as the equation below: d=R 1 +R 2 −L, where the numeral “L” represents a distance between axes of the developer carrier and the supplying member, “R1” represents a radius of the developer carrier, and “R2” represents a radius of the supplying member.