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Image forming apparatus and developing device

US10591843B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2018
Grant dateMar 17, 2020
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Expiry dateMar 30, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/0808
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that holds an image, a developer carrier that holds a developer to be supplied to the image carrier, a transport member that transports the developer in an axial direction of the developer carrier, and a restraint member that restrains the developer, which has scattered as a result of being transported by the transport member, from moving toward the developer carrier.

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