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Image forming apparatus

US7697858B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 8, 2007
Grant dateApr 13, 2010
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/0877
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a developer storage tank which stores a developer therein and has a developer discharger to discharge the developer therethrough, a developer receiver which receives the developer, a delivery member which is connected with the developer discharger and delivers the developer to the developer receiver through a delivery path, and a vibrator which vibrates the delivery member.

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