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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
May. 03, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Fumiyoshi Saito, Toride, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing apparatus includes a partition member disposed in a first chamber above a discharge space communicated to the discharge port positioned downstream of a return conveyance portion in the first direction, and configured to divide a space within a first chamber in a gravity direction. The partition member is configured to extend from a wall portion on a downstream side of a developer container to a position corresponding to a downstream end of a return conveyance portion or to a position further upstream beyond the position corresponding to the downstream end of the return conveyance portion in the first direction. A surface, opposed to a first conveyance screw, of the partition member is positioned downward in the gravity direction than an upper end of a first communication port and upward in the gravity direction than the first conveyance screw.