Patent ID: 7031644

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a first chamber including a first mixer disposed in a first axial direction that coincides with an axial direction of an image carrying body which is disposed adjacent to the first chamber to carry an electrostatic latent image, the first mixer stirring and conveying a developer containing at least a toner in a first direction and supplying the toner to the image carrying body; a second chamber disposed opposite to the image carrying body with the first chamber interposed therebetween and including a second mixer disposed in parallel to the first mixer, the second mixer stirring and conveying the developer in a second direction different from the first direction; a third chamber disposed opposite to the image carrying body with the first chamber and the second chamber interposed therebetween and including a third mixer, the third mixer stirring and conveying the developer in the second direction; a recycle toner supply section that is disposed on an upstream side of the third chamber and is supplied with a recycle toner recovered from a surface of the image carrying body; and a fresh toner supply section that is disposed on an upstream side of the second chamber and is supplied with a fresh toner, wherein an upstream side of an axis of the third mixer is lower than an upstream side of an axis of the second mixer.