Developing apparatus having magnetic seal

Abstract

A developing apparatus includes a container, having an opening, for containing magnetic developer; a developer carrying member, rotatably disposed in the opening, for carrying the magnetic developer; a magnetic sealing member disposed spaced from a peripheral surface of said developer carrying member; and a removing member, disposed contacted to said developer carrying member, for removing the developer from the surface of said developer carrying member, said removing member being disposed adjacent an end, in a peripheral direction of said developer carrying member, of said magnetic sealing member, and a second sealing member for limiting movement or the developer from a space between said magnetic sealing member and said removing member toward a longitudinal end of said developer carrying member.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.