Developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium using an electrophotographic method
US9568855B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 23, 2013 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0844
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A developing device including a containing unit configured to be arranged below a supply member and contain a developer and a developer bearing member configured to bear the developer and develop an electrostatic latent image, further includes a supply member which is configured to supply the developer to the developer bearing member, to be arranged to form a nip portion between the supply member and the developer bearing member, and to rotate in a direction in which its surface moves from an upper end to a lower end of the nip portion, and a conveyance member which is configured to convey the developer contained in the containing unit onto the supply member.
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