Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer supply device and image forming apparatus having the same
- Patent Title (中): 显影剂供给装置及其成像装置
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Application No.: US13073178Application Date: 2011-03-28
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Publication No.: US08660471B2Publication Date: 2014-02-25
- Inventor: Keisuke Takahashi , Takanori Uno
- Applicant: Keisuke Takahashi , Takanori Uno
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya, Aichi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya, Aichi
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, PC
- Priority: JP2010-124070 20100531
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer supply device is provided, which includes a developer retrieving member disposed to face a developer holding surface of a developer holding member across a predetermined distance in a position downstream relative to a developer supply position where the developer holding member faces an intended device to be supplied with development agent in a direction perpendicular to a main scanning direction parallel to an axial direction of the developer holding member. The developer retrieving member is driven to rotate around an axis parallel to the main scanning direction and configured to retrieve the development agent from the developer holding surface under a retrieving electric field that is generated when a retrieving voltage is applied between the developer retrieving member and the developer holding member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110293335A1 DEVELOPER SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2011-12-01
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