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Title:
DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS, DEVELOPMENT UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009047848
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a rotary development apparatus capable of preventing the deterioration of toner supply performance for supplying developer into a development chamber when the amount of remaining toner is reduced.

In this rotary development apparatus for holding a plurality of developing units by a rotary rack and moving the objective developing unit up to a developing position by rotating the rotary rack, a first slope member 318 is arranged in a toner storing chamber 311 in each developing unit. Consequently, the toner existent in a partial manner on the upstream side for the direction for making toner flow of an opening part 314 for supplying toner as the rotary rack rotates is guided onto a slope face of the first slope member 318 and is supplied into a developing chamber 312 with ease.


Inventors:
NISHI MASAYUKI
YOSHIYAMA TSUGIHITO
Application Number:
JP2007212885A
Publication Date:
March 05, 2009
Filing Date:
August 17, 2007
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Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECH
International Classes:
G03G15/08; G03G15/01
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shiro Nakajima
Shuji Matsumura
Kobayashi Kunito