Patent · US Expired

Developer agitating member

US6834175B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 11, 2003
Grant dateDec 21, 2004
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/0819
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The developer agitating member has a shaft portion, a spiral rib and an inclined rib protruding from the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion and provided in the spiral rib in the axial direction of the shaft portion. As a result, in a developing apparatus, a process cartridge and an image forming apparatus, the developer agitating member can efficiently agitate and convey a developer.

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