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.: US12825818Application Date: 2010-06-29
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Publication No.: US08406650B2Publication Date: 2013-03-26
- Inventor: Hisashi Kunihiro , Jun Yamaguchi , Shuichi Akedo , Koichi Mihara
- Applicant: Hisashi Kunihiro , Jun Yamaguchi , Shuichi Akedo , Koichi Mihara
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-Shi
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-Shi
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: JP2009-162124 20090708
- Main IPC: G03G21/20
- IPC: G03G21/20 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developing device is disclosed which includes a developing tank, a developing roller, a carrying member, and a filter. Rotation of the developing roller causes a first airflow directed from the outside of the developing tank through an air path to the inside of the developing tank. Rotation of the carrying member causes a second airflow directed from below in an upward direction inside the developing tank. Collision between the first airflow and the second airflow causes a third airflow directed from the inside of the developing tank through the filter to the outside of the developing tank and further from the outside through the filter back to the inside of the developing tank. This arrangement prevents not only filter clogging but also a toner leak to the outside of the developing device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110008068A1 DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-01-13
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