Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Collected developer conveying device and image forming apparatus which vents a developing container
- Patent Title (中): 收集显影剂输送装置和通向显影容器的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12142635Application Date: 2008-06-19
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Publication No.: US07937036B2Publication Date: 2011-05-03
- Inventor: Shigeru Tanaka , Tomokazu Kurita , Satoshi Honobe , Yukihiro Ichiki , Taro Mitsui , Yasutaka Matsumoto , Toshiyuki Matsui
- Applicant: Shigeru Tanaka , Tomokazu Kurita , Satoshi Honobe , Yukihiro Ichiki , Taro Mitsui , Yasutaka Matsumoto , Toshiyuki Matsui
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JPP2007-322586 20071213
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00

Abstract:
A collected developer conveying device includes: a conveying passage through which collected developer is conveyed; a conveying member that is disposed in the conveying passage, and conveys the developer in the conveying passage by rotation thereof; a developer carrying body that holds developer on a surface thereof, and that is relatable; and a ventilation passage through which air passes from a developing container including the developer carrying body, wherein the conveying passage includes an air flow region formed in a part thereof upper than a rotational center of the conveying member in a gravitational direction, in a side of the conveying passage in which the conveying member rotates from an upper part of the conveying passage to a lower part thereof in the gravitational direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090154972A1 COLLECTED DEVELOPER CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-06-18
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