Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer device having a mechanism to reduce scattering of toner and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15253875Application Date: 2016-09-01
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Publication No.: US09910388B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Nobuaki Takahashi
- Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA , TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agency: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP
- Priority: JP2016-006666 20160115
- Main IPC: G03G15/09
- IPC: G03G15/09 ; G03G21/20
Abstract:
A developer device includes a housing having an opening, a developing roller configured to rotate within the housing, the developing roller having a first portion that is exposed through the opening of the housing and a second portion at which developer attached to the developing roller separates from the developing roller, a first airflow passage formed in the housing, and a second airflow passage facing a third portion of the developing roller at a location of the developing roller between the first and second portions and connected to the first airflow passage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170205731A1 DEVELOPER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-07-20
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