Developing apparatus including a developer compression-avoidance feature and image forming apparatus using same
US6721527B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 11, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/081
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The developing apparatus has a housing, a developer bearing member rotatably provided at an opening of the housing, a developer containing room, a carrying member for carrying developer from the developer containing room toward the developer bearing member, and a developer accumulating portion provided proximate to the developer bearing member and adapted to accumulate the developer carried by the carrying member. In the developing apparatus, the developer accumulating portion is provided above a rotational center of the carrying member.
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