Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developing device and image forming apparatus including same
- Patent Title (中): 显影装置和包括其的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14245091Application Date: 2014-04-04
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Publication No.: US08995883B2Publication Date: 2015-03-31
- Inventor: Koji Kuramashi , Tatsuya Yamanaka , Hirokazu Fujii
- 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: Stein IP, LLC
- Priority: JP2013-090517 20130423; JP2013-109237 20130523
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developing device includes a developing container, a first agitating/conveying member, a second agitating/conveying member, a developer supply member, a supply port, and a supply section. The developing container is separated into a developer supply passage, a first conveying chamber, and a second conveying chamber, which are arranged substantially parallel to one another. The supply section is disposed between the developer supply passage and the first conveying chamber, and through the supply section, the developer is supplied from the developer supply passage into the first conveying chamber. The supply section is disposed upstream from a downstream-side end portion of the developer supply passage but downstream from the supply port with respect to a developer-conveying direction of the developer supply passage, and via the supply section, the developer supply member supplies the developer into the first conveying chamber in a direction opposite to a developer-conveying direction of the first conveying chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140314450A1 DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME Public/Granted day:2014-10-23
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