| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely disentangle toner in a developing unit and a toner cartridge. SOLUTION: This developing device is provided with the developing unit 20 for developing an electrostatic latent image on a latent image carrier 11 and the toner cartridge 16 for supplying the toner into the developing unit 20. The toner cartridge 16 is provided with a supplying port 19 through which the toner in the cartridge 16 is supplied into the developing unit 20 and a supplying means 17 for carrying the toner toward the supplying port 19. In such a case, this image forming device is provided with the developing device having an air blowing mechanism 12 for blowing air, to disentangle the toner, into a position filled with the toner in the developing unit 20 and/or the flat toner cartridge 16 and this cartridge 16 where the toner is disentangled by a carrying means which consists of a belt, etc., and is for carrying the toner. |
