Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developing unit, image retainer unit and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 显影单元,图像保持单元和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12551862Application Date: 2009-09-01
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Publication No.: US08238802B2Publication Date: 2012-08-07
- Inventor: Tomoyuki Kawakami , Takafumi Wakai , Koichi Tanaka
- Applicant: Tomoyuki Kawakami , Takafumi Wakai , Koichi Tanaka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Priority: JPP2008-293483 20081117
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developing unit includes a developer receiving vessel and a developer conveyance member as defined herein, the developer conveyance member includes a rotary shaft, a first conveyance member and a second conveyance member as defined herein, the second conveyance member is supported on the rotary shaft and bent in contact with the wall surface of the developer receiving chamber with rotation of the rotary shaft while conveying the developer toward the developer retainer, and the second conveyance member includes a second conveyance member body supported on the rotary shaft and located out of the overlapping range, and a second overlapping portion extending from the second conveyance member body to the other axial end of the overlapping range, designed to be movable relatively to the rotary shaft and disposed adjacently to an upstream side of the first overlapping portion in a rotation direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100124444A1 DEVELOPING UNIT, IMAGE RETAINER UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-05-20
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