Developing apparatus including first and second magnets with poles arranged to supply developer without contamination

A developing apparatus for developing a latent image on an image bearing member with a toner, comprising:

• a developer container containing a magnetic developer including a toner containing a wax;
• a first developer carrying member rotatably provided in said developer container for carrying the magnetic developer to a first developing portion;
• a first magnet member fixedly disposed within said first developer carrying member, said first magnetic member having a plurality of magnetic poles comprising at least a first magnetic pole and a second magnetic pole;
• a regulation member for regulating a thickness of a layer of the magnetic developer carried on said first developer carrying member;
• a second developer carrying member, which is rotatable in an identical direction to said first developer carrying member, provided in said developer container on a side downstream from said first developer carrying member in a movement direction of the image bearing member so as to receive the magnetic developer from said first developer carrying member and carry the magnetic developer to a second developing portion;
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• a second magnet member fixedly disposed within said second developer carrying member, said second magnet member having a plurality of poles comprising at least a third magnetic pole and a fourth magnetic pole,
• wherein said first magnetic pole is disposed opposite to said second developer carrying member, and said second magnetic pole, which is a subsequent pole of said first magnetic pole, is disposed downstream from said first magnetic pole in a rotation direction of said first developer carrying member and has a polarity identical to a polarity of said first magnetic pole,
• wherein said third magnetic pole is disposed opposite to said first developer carrying member and has a polarity opposite to the polarity of said first magnetic pole, and
• wherein said third magnetic pole and said fourth magnetic pole generate a repulsive magnetic field on a developer container side at a peripheral surface of said second developer carrying member.