Developing device and image forming apparatus
US11126132B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 11, 2020 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1684
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A developing device includes a case, a developer holder, a suction duct and a carrier catcher. The case accommodates a developer containing a toner and a carrier. The developer holder is disposed so as to face an image holder disposed outside the case and supplies the developer to the image holder. The suction duct sucks and collects a scattered toner floating in a space around the developer holder. The carrier catcher is formed in a vertical direction and disposed on a lower surface of a path of the suction duct.
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