Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developing unit and image-forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 显影单元和成像设备
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Application No.: US13149377Application Date: 2011-05-31
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Publication No.: US08594536B2Publication Date: 2013-11-26
- Inventor: Shinichi Kuramoto , Taichi Yamada , Masahiro Uchida , Mutsumi Kikuchi
- Applicant: Shinichi Kuramoto , Taichi Yamada , Masahiro Uchida , Mutsumi Kikuchi
- 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: JP2010-239023 20101025
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developing unit includes: a developing roller; a first conveying member provided in a first container, having a first shaft and a spiral blade, that agitates and conveys developer; a second conveying member provided in a second container connected to the first container via a hole, having a second shaft and a spiral blade, that agitates and conveys the developer; and a supplying member having a third shaft and a paddle blade, that supplies the developer conveyed by the first or the second conveying member to a developing roller, wherein: at least one of the first and second shafts includes a first portion that faces the hole and a second portion that does not face the hole; and a diameter of the at least one of the first and second shafts in at least a part of the first portion is smaller than a diameter in the second portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120099899A1 DEVELOPING UNIT AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-04-26
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