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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyoshi Yoshida, Suntou-gun, JP;
Shuhei Kawasaki, Susono, JP;
Hideki Kakuta, Suntou-gun, JP;
Akihiro Fujiwara, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a developing apparatus including a conveyance member configured to bend in contact with an inner wall of a conveyance chamber and convey developer, a portion configured to bend the conveyance member, and a first releasing portion configured to release the bending of the conveyance member, a deforming portion configured to bend the conveyance member moved and released from the first releasing portion, and a second releasing portion configured to release the bending of the conveyance member on the downstream side of the deforming portion in the rotational direction of the conveyance member.