S-printing Solution Co., Ltd.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Seong-woong Yang

Jin-hwa Hong

Jong-in Kim

Ho-jin Jang

Woong-Yong Choi

Sang-hoon Lee

Seung-gweon Lee

Yun-Kyu Shim

Yun-kyu Sim

Joon-hee Kim

A developing cartridge includes a developing portion to supply toner, a toner storing portion to store the toner, a partition wall formed between the developing portion and the toner storing portion and having a toner supply section, and a storing-portion agitating member rotatably disposed in the toner storing portion to intermittently rotate to move the toner in the toner storing portion while the developing portion supplies the toner.

Developing cartridge, developing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same

A developing cartridge is disposed in an image forming apparatus. The developing cartridge includes a developing portion; a toner storing portion; a partition wall positioned between the developing portion and the toner storing portion and provided with a toner supply section; a first agitating member inside the developing portion; and a second agitating member inside the toner storing portion, wherein at least one of the first agitating member and the second agitating member comprises an elastic member to be in contact with the partition wall.

Cartridge

Provided is a developing cartridge including a photosensitive unit and a developing unit connected to each other to rotate to a developing location and a non-developing location. An elastic member applies an elastic force to the developing unit and the photosensitive unit in a direction of rotating to the developing location. The developing cartridge includes a nip separating portion switched to a nip forming location where the developing unit is located at the developing location and to a nip separating location where the developing unit is located at the non-developing location, a manipulation portion for switching the nip separating portion to the nip forming location and to the nip separating location by a manual manipulation, and a nip forming unit for switching the nip separating portion from the nip separating location to the nip forming location as the photosensitive unit and the developing unit start to operate.

Developing cartridge and image forming apparatus employing the same

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Seong-woong Yang