Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developing device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 显影装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12346911Application Date: 2008-12-31
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Publication No.: US07904003B2Publication Date: 2011-03-08
- Inventor: Hisashi Kunihiro
- Applicant: Hisashi Kunihiro
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC
- Priority: JP2008-005019 20080111
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developing device includes: a first screw provided in a first carrying path, the first screw rotating so as to simultaneously stir the developer and carry the developer in the first carrying path in a predetermined direction; a second screw provided in a second carrying path, the second screw rotating so as to simultaneously stir the developer and carry the developer in the second carrying path in an opposite direction from the predetermined direction; a first communicating path communicating the first carrying path with the second carrying path; a second communicating path communicating the first carrying path with the second carrying path, the second communicating path being formed downstream of the first communicating path in the opposite direction; and a developer bearing member for bearing the developer in the second carrying path so as to supply the toner included in the developer onto a photoreceptor, the toner being supplied through a supply opening to the first carrying path, wherein the developing device includes a magnet at a position higher than a shaft of the first screw, the magnet forming a magnetic brush from the magnetic carrier in the first carrying path. This reduces problematic scattering of toner and photographic fog in images.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090180812A1 DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-07-16
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