Development device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus
US9280133B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/0808
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a development device in which a developer containing unit underlies a development chamber, a supplying member in the development chamber forms a nip portion with a developer carrier and the developer carrier and the supplying member rotate in the direction in which their respective surfaces move from an upper end to a lower end of the nip portion.
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