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US 10,591,843 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus and developing device
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenta Urayama, Masanori Kato, Tomoyuki Yoshii, Fumiyuki Honda, Shiho Matsuda, Yoshitaka Nakajima, Junichi Uchiyama, Norihiro Tamazawa, Yoshifumi Ozaki
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that holds an image, a developer carrier that holds a developer to be supplied to the image carrier, a transport member that transports the developer in an axial direction of the developer carrier, and a restraint member that restrains the developer, which has scattered as a result of being transported by the transport member, from moving toward the developer carrier.
Claims4
A developing device comprising:
- a developer carrier that holds a developer to be supplied to an image carrier that holds an image;
- a transport member that transports the developer in an axial direction of the developer carrier;
- and
- a plurality of restraint members that restrain the developer, which has scattered as a result of being transported by the transport member, from moving toward the developer carrier,
- wherein the restraint members are disposed between the developer carrier and the transport member.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image carrier that holds an image;
- a developer carrier that holds a developer to be supplied to the image carrier;
- a transport member that transports the developer in an axial direction of the developer carrier;
- and
- a plurality of restraint members that restrain the developer, which has scattered as a result of being transported by the transport member, from moving toward the developer carrier,
- wherein the restraint members are disposed between the developer carrier and the transport member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.