Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developing device
- Patent Title (中): 开发设备
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Application No.: US12576685Application Date: 2009-10-09
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Publication No.: US08301056B2Publication Date: 2012-10-30
- Inventor: Yuichi Matsushita , Fan Xu , Mitsuru Horinoe , Takashi Yasuda
- Applicant: Yuichi Matsushita , Fan Xu , Mitsuru Horinoe , Takashi Yasuda
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2008-264154 20081010; JP2008-264162 20081010; JP2008-264165 20081010; JP2008-264169 20081010; JP2008-264176 20081010; JP2008-264532 20081010
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developing device includes a developer carrier which carries a developer, a developing unit housing which rotatably supports the developer carrier, a side seal member which comes into slidable contact with both ends of the developer carrier, a sheet-like elongated seal member which extends in the axial direction of the developer carrier so as to come into slidable contact with the developer carrier, a side seal attachment surface which is formed in the developing unit housing and to which the side seal member is attached, and a support portion which is formed in the developing unit housing and protrudes toward the developer carrier from the side seal attachment surface to support the elongated seal member. The elongated seal member is attached onto the support portion in a state where both ends thereof overlap the side seal member and are opposite the side seal attachment surface. A filler is filled in a gap surrounded by the elongated seal member, the side seal member, the support portion, and the side seal attachment surface. A protrusion for suppressing the spread of the filler is formed at the side seal attachment surface at a predetermined interval from the support portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100092206A1 Developing Device Public/Granted day:2010-04-15
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