Image developing device for electrophotography

Claim 1

An image developing device for electrophotography, comprising: a housing; a rotatable drive source disposed in said housing and having an output shaft; a fixed rotatable member rotatably supported in said housing and fixed with respect to said housing; a first suspended rotatable member rotatably supported in said housing and reciprocally movable toward and away from said fixed rotatable member in an axially perpendicular direction thereof; a second suspended rotatable member rotatably supported in said housing and reciprocally movable toward and away from said first suspended rotatable member in an axially perpendicular direction thereof; a side panel reciprocally movable toward and away from said fixed rotatable member, said side panel supporting said first suspended rotatable member to permit reciprocal movement of said first suspended rotatable member and supporting said second suspended rotatable member to permit reciprocal movement of said second suspended rotatable member in the axially perpendicular direction thereof; an idler gear driven by said rotatable drive source of said housing at a certain position on said side panel; and rotation transmitting means mounted on said side panel for transmitting a drive output from said idler gear to a driven shaft of said second suspended rotatable member, said rotation transmitting means including coupling means for absorbing axial misalignment between said rotation transmitting means and said driven shaft of said second suspended rotatable member.