Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer unit and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 显影单元和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14048025Application Date: 2013-10-07
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Publication No.: US08977168B2Publication Date: 2015-03-10
- Inventor: Shougo Sato
- Applicant: Shougo Sato
- 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: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2009-271828 20091130
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer unit for an image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a developer device having a developer agent carrier and a developer agent supplier, a developer agent container arranged in an upper position with respect to the developer device, and a curved wall, which separates the developer device from the developer agent container; is curved toward the developer agent container; and is formed to have a feeding opening and a collecting opening, and a conveyer, which is arranged along the developer agent supplier and conveys the developer agent toward the collecting opening. The curved wall is arranged to be in proximity to the conveyer and to fit with outlines of the conveyer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140037340A1 DEVELOPER UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-02-06
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