IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, AND DEVELOPER STIRRING MEANS IN PROCESSING CARTRIDGE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce residual toner on a sheet by preventing toner from entering between a sheetlike member and a bevel of a container, in a development device having a sheetlike member on the bevel.;SOLUTION: The development device has: a stirring means which stirs developer; and the sheetlike member which engages with the stirring means at fixed time intervals to apply vibration to the developer. In the development device, the sheetlike member is fixed in a fixed position on the bottom of a toner chamber which is near a place where the sheetlike member is engaged with the stirring means. Among both ends in the direction of the short length of the sheetlike member, as viewed from the fixed position, the end A, or one end, of the sheetlike member is located on the side where the sheetlike member is engaged with the stirring means. Meanwhile the other end is defined as the end B of the sheetlike member. In this case, the end B of the sheetlike member is a free end, and a space for allowing free movement of the end B is provided.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO