Developing apparatus, process cartridge and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKanji Yokomori, Yuuki Nakamura
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKanji Yokomori, Yuuki Nakamura
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A developing apparatus usable with an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the apparatus including a developer accommodating container, a developer chamber including a developer carrying member carrying and feeding a developer supplied from the container to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a stirrer stirring the developer in the chamber and supplying the developer from the container into the chamber through an opening in the container, a wall surface, provided in the container, for being contacted by a free end portion of the stirrer while the stirrer moves, and a detector detecting a remaining amount of the developer. The position where the free end portion of the stirrer separates from the wall surface is above the detector and inside the container.
A developing apparatus for use with an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, said developing device comprising:
A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, said process cartridge comprising:
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, said apparatus comprising:
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, said apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.