Title:
画像形成装置、現像装置、及び、現像装置の制御方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP7172403
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A developing device includes a container that includes first and second divisions that accommodate a developer, first and second passages that connect the first and second divisions, first and second stirring members that are to stir a developer in the first and second divisions respectively, the first and second stirring members including a rotation shaft and a spiral stirring part around the rotation shaft, a replenishment port that replenishes the container with a developer, a discharge port that discharges a developer from the container, and a developing roller that is to supply a developer stirred by an image carrier, wherein the first and second stirring members rotate to circulate a developer through the first and second passages, the discharge port is provided outside a circulation path of a developer in the first division, and the developing device further includes a discharged developer regulating part that regulates flow of a developer.
Inventors:
Masanori Kawata
Application Number:
JP2018190176A
Publication Date:
November 16, 2022
Filing Date:
October 05, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
G03G15/08; G03G21/16
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2013205475A | ||||
| JP2009009022A | ||||
| JP2009058898A | ||||
| JP2007011004A | ||||
| JP2011197293A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent Attorney Fukami Patent Office
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