Image forming apparatus having a magnetic field generating unit at the toner carrying section
US8290378B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 1, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/067
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a toner supplying device, a toner container, and a developing device. The toner supplying device supplies toners stored in the toner container to the developing device. The toner supplying device includes a toner tank which stores toners discharged from the toner container, a toner carrying section which carries the toners stored in the toner tank in an obliquely upward direction, and a toner dropping route which causes the toners carried by the toner carrying section to drop into the developing device by toner own weight. The toner carrying section controls an amount of the toners to flow into the toner dropping route.
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