- Patent Title: Developing device with spaces between toner supply port and development housing disposed to prevent aggregation of toner and image forming apparatus provided with same
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Application No.: US15628986Application Date: 2017-06-21
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Publication No.: US10012926B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Ikuo Makie , Takahisa Nakaue
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agent Gerald E. Hespos; Michael J. Porco; Matthew T. Hespos
- Priority: JP2016-139030 20160714
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/01 ; G03G15/06 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developing device includes a housing, a developing roller, a developer conveyance path, a partition plate, a developer supply port and a developer conveying member. The developer conveying member rotates such that an outer peripheral part thereof moves from top to bottom in a first area between a second shaft portion and the partition plate and moves from bottom to top in a second area between the second shaft portion and the side wall. The developer supply port is obliquely open above the second area. The housing includes a first space formed above the second area of the first conveyance path and a second space formed up to a position higher than the partition plate to communicate with the first conveyance path above the first area of the first conveyance path and communicating with the first space in a horizontal direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180017890A1 DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME Public/Granted day:2018-01-18
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