Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developing apparatus having developer distribution control
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Application No.: US15924955Application Date: 2018-03-19
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Publication No.: US10168643B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Kyosuke Takahashi , Atsushi Matsumoto
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP2014-107571 20140523; JP2014-107574 20140523
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G21/14

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form an image on a recording media and including a developer bearing member configured to bear developer and carry the developer, a regulating portion disposed opposite to the developer bearing member and configured to regulate an amount of the developer on the developer bearing member, a first chamber configured to supply the developer to the developer bearing member, and a second chamber configured to communicate with the first chamber to form a circulating route of the developer. In addition, a first feeding member feeds the developer in the first chamber, and a second feeding member feeds the developer in the second chamber. A control portion executes, in a non-image forming state, a mode of driving the developer bearing member in a condition in which the first feeding member is stopped.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180224769A1 DEVELOPING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-08-09
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