Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developing apparatus and image forming apparatus having developer movement apparatus
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Application No.: US15695265Application Date: 2017-09-05
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Publication No.: US10338494B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Shunichi Takaya , Hideaki Tanaka , Kazuteru Ishizuka , Shota Sakurai , Kei Okamura , Kei Yuasa
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: JP2016-172590 20160905
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08
Abstract:
A developing apparatus includes a developer carrier that carries a developer, and a developer casing that contains the developer to be supplied to the developer carrier. An opening/closing part is capable of controlling a moving amount of the developer between a first region on one side in an axial direction of the developer carrier and a second region on the other side in the axial direction of the developer carrier by opening or closing the first region and the second region. A hardware processor controls an open/closed state of the opening/closing part in accordance with the state of the developer in the first region and the second region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180067418A1 DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND IMAGE OF FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-03-08
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