Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developing apparatus and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16043726Application Date: 2018-07-24
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Publication No.: US10365585B1Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Takumi Sakurada
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2017-159552 20170822
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G15/09 ; G03G15/095 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
A developing apparatus includes: a housing that accommodates developer and has a plurality of constituent parts; a vibrator that vibrates parts, which are two or more of the plurality of the constituent parts and to which scattered toner may adhere, as vibrated portions; an adjuster provided for at least one of the vibrated portions and the vibrator so as to adjust and match natural frequencies of the two or more of the vibrated portions; and a hardware processor that controls the vibrator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190235417A1 DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-08-01
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