Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developing apparatus and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 显影装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14082037Application Date: 2013-11-15
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Publication No.: US08942600B2Publication Date: 2015-01-27
- Inventor: Takahisa Nakaue , Tamotsu Shimizu , Ikuo Makie , Kenichi Tamaki , Minoru Wada , Takefumi Yotsutsuji , Shizuka Okada
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-shi
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-shi
- Agency: Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP
- Priority: JP2012-256073 20121122; JP2012-256074 20121122
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developing apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a developing roller, a development housing, a first agitating screw, a toner supply inlet, a downstream-side reduction wall, and an upstream-side reduction wall. The developing roller is driven to rotate in the development housing, and carries toner on the circumferential surface thereof. Toner is circulated and conveyed in a first conveying path and a second conveying path in the development housing. The first agitating screw is disposed in the first conveying path, and conveys toner in a first direction. The downstream-side reduction wall is disposed downstream of the toner supply inlet. Further, the upstream-side reduction wall is disposed upstream of the toner supply inlet. An accumulation portion for toner is formed downstream and upstream of the toner supply inlet due to the downstream-side reduction wall and the upstream-side reduction wall.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140140732A1 DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-05-22
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