Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developing device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 显影装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14085057Application Date: 2013-11-20
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Publication No.: US08958724B2Publication Date: 2015-02-17
- Inventor: Takahisa Nakaue , Minoru Wada , Shizuka Okada , Takefumi Yotsutsuji , Akifumi Yamaguchi , Tamotsu Shimizu
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP
- Priority: JP2012-256075 20121122
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developing device of this disclosure has: a housing, a developing roller, a developer conveying path, a partition board, a second communication path, a developer receiving port, a first conveying member, a second conveying member, and a conveyance capability inhibition part. A toner is cyclically conveyed in a first conveying path and a second conveying path. A first stirring screw is disposed in the first conveying path and driven into ration around a first rotation axis for toner conveyance. Formed downstream of the first stirring screw by the conveyance capability inhibition part is a toner accumulation part, and the amount of toner refilled from a toner refill port is adjusted. Where an aperture area of the first communication path is A1 and a circular area formed by an outer circumferential edge of the first stirring screw in section orthogonal to the first rotation axis is A2, relationship 0.5×A2
Public/Granted literature
- US20140140734A1 DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-05-22
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