Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer supply device
- Patent Title (中): 开发商供应装置
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Application No.: US13747958Application Date: 2013-01-23
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Publication No.: US09037052B2Publication Date: 2015-05-19
- Inventor: Kazuna Taguchi , Keisuke Takahashi
- Applicant: Kazuna Taguchi , Keisuke Takahashi
- 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: JP2012-011419 20120123
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer supply device configured to supply developer is provided. The developer supply device includes a rotatable developer carrying body configured to carry the developer, a casing configured to rotatably support the developer carrying body, and a restricting member configured to contact the developer carrying body to remove a part of the developer. The casing has a collecting side developer storage room configured to store the developer removed by the restricting member and a supplying side developer storage room configured to store the developer to be supplied to the brush layer. A supplying side developer storage level, which is a storage level of the developer in the supplying side developer storage room, is higher than a collecting side developer storage level, which is a storage level of the developer in the collecting side developer storage room.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130188995A1 DEVELOPER SUPPLY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2013-07-25
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