Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developing device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16253231Application Date: 2019-01-22
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Publication No.: US10663889B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Takuya Iwamura
- Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: JCIPRNET
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@390b1454
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developing device includes a rotating member that delivers developer to a latent image on an image carrier while rotating; a supplying member provided in a supply path extending in an axial direction of the rotating member; a stirring member including a stirring shaft extending in the axial direction and provided in a stirring path extending in the axial direction and arranged side by side with the supply path in a direction intersecting the axial direction, the stirring member stirring the developer while rotating by causing the developer to circulate between the supply path and the stirring path; and a preliminary member provided in a preliminary stirring path into which toner is supplied from an outside and provided by extending an end of the stirring path that is on a side where the developer delivered from the supply member is received by the stirring member, the preliminary member including an extension shaft as an extension of the stirring shaft and a helical transporting blade provided on the extension shaft, the transporting blade being divided into a first transporting blade and a second transporting blade provided across the first transporting blade from the stirring shaft, the preliminary member transporting the toner into the stirring path while rotating.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200019091A1 DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-01-16
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