To control bending of a magnetic field generation unit provided inside a developer
carrying member, a developing apparatus for developing an electrostatic image formed
on an image bearing member according to the present invention includes: a developer
container which contains a magnetic developer; first and second developer carrying
members which carry the developer in the developer container to the image bearing
member; and first and second magnetic field generation units which are fixedly
arranged in the first and second developer carrying members. In the developing
apparatus, the first magnetic field generation unit and the second magnetic field
generation unit form a magnetic field for delivering the developer from the first
developer carrying member to the second developer carrying member, and the developing
apparatus further includes a magnetic unit which exerts a magnetic force, which
resists a magnetic force caused by the magnetic field, on the first and second
magnetic field generation units.