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US 2001/0019673 A1Published application
Developing apparatus having foreign matter accumulating space
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasunori Chigono, Harumi Ishiyama, Jun Hirabayashi
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a developing apparatus which can prevent reduction in image density due to paper powder. A further object of the present invention is to provide a developing apparatus that has a developing container, a toner carrying member, and a toner container, wherein the toner container has a space portion which disposed below the toner carrying member and which is not substantially replenished with the toner.
Claims9
A developing apparatus comprising:
- a developing container;
- a toner carrying member provided at an opening portion of said developing container and adapted to carry toner;
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- a toner container disposed adjacent to said developing container and adapted to replenish said developing container with the toner;
- wherein said toner container has a space portion which disposed below said toner carrying member and which is not substantially replenished with the toner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.