Patent ID: 8577245

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image bearing member rotatably supported in a body of the image forming apparatus, the image bearing member bearing a developer image on a surface thereof; a developing device including a developing container, a developing member, and a transporting member, the developing container containing a developer, the developing member disposed so as to oppose the image bearing member, the developing member having thereon the developer in the developing container and rotating to develop a latent image formed on the surface of the image bearing member, the transporting member transporting the developer in the developing container while stifling the developer, the developing device being supported with respect to the body of the image forming apparatus; and a damping member disposed with respect to an axial direction of a rotational axis of the developing member so as to be situated at an end portion of the developing container in the axial direction, the damping member restraining vibration of the developing container, wherein the damping member is disposed closer to a rotational center of the developing device than the developing member when viewed from the axial direction.