Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer supply device and image forming apparatus having the same
- Patent Title (中): 显影剂供给装置及其成像装置
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Application No.: US13187973Application Date: 2011-07-21
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Publication No.: US08532546B2Publication Date: 2013-09-10
- Inventor: Yuji Nishigaki , Masataka Maeda , Tomoaki Hazeyama , Yasuhiro Maruyama
- Applicant: Yuji Nishigaki , Masataka Maeda , Tomoaki Hazeyama , Yasuhiro Maruyama
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya, Aichi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya, Aichi
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, PC
- Priority: JP2010-171718 20100730
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer supply device is provided, which includes a transfer board including an activating section and an always-transferring section. The activating section is disposed in a position close to a developer holding member and lower than a position where development agent is transferred onto the developer holding member. The activating section is supplied with an activating voltage for making the development agent leave a developer transfer path and drop into the developer storage section during an activating process performed at an initial stage of a developer transferring operation while supplied with the transfer bias voltage after the activating process. The always-transferring section is disposed across a position facing the developer storage section to a position lower than and adjacent to the activating section, and always supplied with a transfer bias voltage during the developer transferring operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120027471A1 DEVELOPER SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2012-02-02
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