Development apparatus and image forming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7974555
APP PUB NO 20090317141A1
SERIAL NO

12486092

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A development apparatus 8 has developer transport members 26 and 27 respectively contained in containers 22 and 23 and transporting developer while stirring the developer and passing the developer to each other at a passing portion 41 and a passing portion 42, thereby causing the developer to circulate in a developer tank 21. The passing portion 41 is formed at a location of a partition 21c adjacent to a developer discharging mechanism 34 and the passing portion 42 is formed at a location of the partition 21c away from the developer discharging mechanism 34. The passing portions 41 and 42 have configurations in which a transport force acting on the developer at the passing portion 41 is greater than the transport force acting on the developer at the passing portion 42.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Okazaki, Futoshi Toyokawa, JP 12 61
Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Hoi-gun, JP 33 512

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