CPC G03G 15/0808 (2013.01) | 20 Claims |
1. A developing device comprising:
a rotating member that delivers a developer to a latent image of an image holding body while rotating;
a supply member that extends in an axial direction of the rotating member and is disposed diagonally below the rotating member as viewed from the axial direction, transports the developer while rotating, and supplies the developer to the rotating member; and
an upper member disposed on an opposite side of the rotating member with respect to a tangent line extending in an upward-downward direction in contact with a portion of the rotating member on a supply member side and above the supply member, as viewed from the axial direction,
wherein the upper member is further disposed in a space between the rotating member and the supply member in a vertical direction, and
wherein a part of the developer released from the rotating member collides with the upper member.
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