Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner transferring mechanism, developing apparatus and image forming apparatus therewith
- Patent Title (中): 调色剂转印机构,显影装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12496987Application Date: 2009-07-02
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Publication No.: US08224213B2Publication Date: 2012-07-17
- Inventor: Mitsutoshi Takemoto
- Applicant: Mitsutoshi Takemoto
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
- Priority: JP2008-195596 20080730; JP2008-195600 20080730
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner transferring mechanism is provided with: an agitating and transferring member disposed in a housing accommodating toner, and having a blade portion thereof formed in a spiral shape on a circumferential portion of a rotatable shaft portion; and a plurality of scraping members making contact with the agitating and transferring member, and then scraping toner adhering to the agitating and transferring member, the scraping members being arranged in an axial direction of the agitating and transferring member, wherein the scraping members are arranged so that the scraping members adjacent to each other form an interval which is approximate to a spiral pitch of the blade portion of the agitating and transferring member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100028051A1 TONER TRANSFERRING MECHANISM, DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH Public/Granted day:2010-02-04
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