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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Fumiyoshi Saito, Toride, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing unit includes a developer carrier, and first and second chambers to collect and circulate developer. A partition separates the first and second chambers and has first communication portion disposed more downstream in the second chamber and a second communication portion disposed more upstream in the second chamber. A first conveying member is disposed in the first chamber, and a second conveying member is disposed in the second chamber and includes a spiral blade portion, a reverse spiral blade portion helically wound in an opposite direction of the spiral blade portion and disposed downstream of the spiral blade portion, and a discharging portion provided downstream of the reverse spiral blade. An upstream end of the first communication portion is positioned farther than a downstream end of the second communication portion from a center of the developer carrier in a rotational axis direction of the developer carrier.