| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a development apparatus constituted so as to stably supply a developer without entailing complication and upsizing of a mechanism as compared to the conventional development apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: The development apparatus 11 is equipped with a developing roller 14 which carries and conveys the developer, a developing chamber 16 which supplies the developer to the developing roller 14, and a developer stirring chamber 17 which forms a circulation path by communicating with the developing chamber 16 and conveys the developer while stirring the developer. Then, the development apparatus 11 is equipped with a communication section 20b in which the supply of the developer from the developing chamber 16 to the developer stirring chamber 17 is performed and the communication section, in which the supply of the developer from the developer stirring chamber 17 to the developing chamber 16 is performed. Further, the development apparatus 11 is equipped with an inclined plane 20 which receives the developer from the developing roller 14 or the developing chamber 16 and moves the received developer toward the communication section 20b in compliance with gravity. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |
