Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer unit for an image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US12917474Application Date: 2010-11-01
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Publication No.: US08391752B2Publication Date: 2013-03-05
- Inventor: Shougo Sato
- Applicant: Shougo Sato
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2009-250500 20091030
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developer unit for an image forming apparatus is provided. The developer unit includes a developer device with a developer agent carrier and a developer agent supplier, and a developer agent container, which contains the developer agent and is arranged in a lower position with respect to the developer device. The developer agent container is formed to have a fitting wall, which is curved inward at a position to be adjacent to the developer device. The fitting wall is formed to have a feeding opening and a collecting opening. The developer unit is further provided with a first conveyer, which is rotated about a rotation axis to sweep an inner surface of the developer agent container and convey the developer agent toward the feeding opening, and a second conveyer, which is arranged along the developer agent supplier and conveys the developer agent toward the collecting opening.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110103844A1 Developer Unit For An Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2011-05-05
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