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Development device having rotatable wiper wiping optical surface of lens

US12282273B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 31, 2021
Grant dateApr 22, 2025
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/0891
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A developing device includes a housing to accommodate toner, a rotation member installed in the housing, a lens including an optical surface oriented in an axial direction of the rotation member, and a wiper installed in the rotation member and configured to repeatedly wipe the optical surface while the rotation member rotates and supported by the rotation member so as to be movable in the axial direction.

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