Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developing device in image-forming device
- Patent Title (中): 成像装置中的显影装置
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Application No.: US11493856Application Date: 2006-07-27
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Publication No.: US07580657B2Publication Date: 2009-08-25
- Inventor: Susumu Tateyama , Yoshitaka Fujinuma , Tsutomu Nakagawa , Masayoshi Nakayama
- Applicant: Susumu Tateyama , Yoshitaka Fujinuma , Tsutomu Nakagawa , Masayoshi Nakayama
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Whitham Curtis Christofferson & Cook, PC
- Priority: JPP2005-219084 20050728
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developing device includes first-third sections, a developing roller, a partitioning wall and a toner concentration detector. The first-third sections have first-third screw augers respectively. The partitioning wall isolates the third section from the first section and the second section. A supply opening is formed in a portion of the partitioning wall opposing the first section. A toner concentration detector is disposed in the third section. The first screw auger conveys developer including toner to the developing roller, into the third section via the supply opening, and into the second section. The second screw auger conveys developer accommodated in the second section into the third section. The third screw auger conveys developer accommodated in the third section into the first section. Toner is replenished into the third section based on a detection result by the toner concentration detector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070025773A1 Developing device in image-forming device Public/Granted day:2007-02-01
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