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US 10,365,585 B1Granted
Developing apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorTakumi Sakurada
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Abstract
A developing apparatus includes: a housing that accommodates developer and has a plurality of constituent parts; a vibrator that vibrates parts, which are two or more of the plurality of the constituent parts and to which scattered toner may adhere, as vibrated portions; an adjuster provided for at least one of the vibrated portions and the vibrator so as to adjust and match natural frequencies of the two or more of the vibrated portions; and a hardware processor that controls the vibrator.
Claims17
A developing apparatus comprising:
- a housing that accommodates developer and has a plurality of constituent parts;
- a vibrator that vibrates parts, which are two or more of the plurality of the constituent parts and to which scattered toner may adhere, as vibrated portions;
- an adjuster provided for at least one of the vibrated portions and the vibrator so as to adjust and match natural frequencies of the two or more of the vibrated portions;
- and
- a hardware processor that controls the vibrator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.