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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shuhei Kawasaki, Susono, JP;
Hisashi Taniguchi, Suntou-gun, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing device for use with an image forming apparatus includes a developer carrying member carrying a developer for developing a latent image, a supplying member for supplying the developer to the developer carrying member and forming a nip in contact with the developer carrying member, and an accommodating portion, provided below the supplying member in a state the developing device is mounted on the image forming apparatus for use, for accommodating the developer to be supplied from the supplying member to the developer carrying member. In addition, a feeding member, provided in the accommodating portion, feeds the developer accommodated in the accommodating portion to the supplying member, and a rotatable member, provided above the feeding member and located at a downstream side of the nip with respect to a rotational direction of the supplying member, moves the developer toward the nip.