Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developing device including exhaust duct and filter and image forming apparatus including developing device
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Application No.: US16371567Application Date: 2019-04-01
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Publication No.: US10551794B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Hiroshi Kawahito
- Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Sakai, Osaka
- Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Sakai, Osaka
- Agency: ScienBiziP, P.C.
- Priority: JP2018-071315 20180403
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G21/20

Abstract:
A developing device includes a developer vessel, a flow-path forming portion, and an exhaust duct. The developer vessel accommodates developer composed of toner and carrier. The flow-path forming portion includes a plurality of connection flow paths. The exhaust duct has an intake port communicating with the plurality of connection flow paths, and a filter that covers the intake port is disposed at the intake port of the exhaust duct. Each of the plurality of connection flow paths has an inlet communicating with an internal space of the developer vessel, an outlet communicating with an internal space of the exhaust duct, and a cross-sectional area increasing 5 to 20 times from the inlet toward the outlet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190302691A1 DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING DEVELOPING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-10-03
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