Dry-type developing apparatus with elastic sheet

A dry-type developing apparatus, comprising:

• a developer container for accommodating a developer, said developer container being provided with an opening;
• developer carrying means, disposed in the opening of said developer container, for carrying a developer out of said developer container;
• an elastic sheet having an upstream end portion and a downstream end portion with respect to a direction of carrying the developer on said developer carrying means, the upstream end portion being adjacent a position where the developer is carried out of said developer container, the downstream end portion being disposed above a developing zone where a developing operation is performed, the upstream and downstream end portions being fixed to said developing apparatus, and said elastic sheet being a continuous sheet having a first contact portion for contacting the developer on said developer carrying means at one side thereof and a second contact portion being adapted to contact at the same side an image bearing member for bearing an image to be developed by said developing apparatus.