Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developing device, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge incorporating same
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Application No.: US15177620Application Date: 2016-06-09
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Publication No.: US09645538B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Masahiro Watanabe , Tetsuro Hirota
- Applicant: Masahiro Watanabe , Tetsuro Hirota
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2015-127029 20150624
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G21/18 ; G03G21/16
Abstract:
A developing device includes a developer bearer disposed opposite an image bearer and configured to rotate and carry developer to a latent image on the image bearer, a developer container to contain the developer, a detector including a detecting portion to detect a density of toner in the developer in the developer container, a wire connected to the detector, and a wire holder to hold the wire and determine a position of the wire relative to the detector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160378039A1 DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2016-12-29
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