Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developing device including a toner receiving member vibrated by a vibration generation device, and image forming apparatus including the same
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Application No.: US15211948Application Date: 2016-07-15
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Publication No.: US09658570B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Teruhiko Nagashima , Mitsuhiro Goda , Hidenori Takenaka , Takahisa Nakaue , Yoshimi 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: Stein IP, LLC
- Priority: JP2015-146877 20150724
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developing device of the present disclosure includes a developing roller, a toner supply roller, a regulation blade, a casing, a toner receiving support member, a toner receiving member, a vibration generation unit, and a vibration inhibition member. The toner receiving support member is disposed in the casing so as to be opposed to the developing roller or the toner supply roller in an area between the regulation blade and an image carrier. The toner receiving member has a toner receiving surface that receives toner dropping from the developing roller, and is supported so as to be swingable about an end edge thereof on a toner supply roller side as a fulcrum. In a state where the toner receiving member is not vibrating, the vibration inhibition member is in contact with each of both end portions of the toner receiving surface in a longitudinal direction thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170023881A1 DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2017-01-26
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