Developer supply apparatus and image forming apparatus
US8401445B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 6, 2010 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/346
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A developer supply apparatus is provided which supplies a toner to a supply object, the developer supply apparatus including a developer storage body which stores a powdery developer, and a transfer body which transfers the developer along the developer transfer path with traveling wave electric fields. The developer includes a toner having a predetermined charging characteristic and an electric neutralizer having an opposite charging characteristic, which is opposite to the predetermined charging characteristic.
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