Developing device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasashi IKEDA, Manabu FURUKI, Masahiro UCHIDA
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Abstract
A developing device includes: a container that contains a developer including toner; a partition that forms a plurality of chambers by partitioning an interior space of the container; an agitation mechanism that agitates the developer in the interior space and moves the developer between the plurality of chambers; a transport section that is supplied with the developer from the container, and transports the developer to a surface of an image carrier that carries an electrostatic latent image such that the transported developer is close to or contacts the surface of the image carrier, thereby developing the electrostatic latent image; and a driving mechanism that moves at least the partition.
Claims13
A developing device comprising:
- a container that contains a developer including toner;
- a partition that forms a plurality of chambers by partitioning an interior space of the container;
- an agitation mechanism that agitates the developer in the interior space and moves the developer between the plurality of chambers;
- a transport section that is supplied with the developer from the container, and transports the developer to a surface of an image carrier that carries an electrostatic latent image such that the transported developer is close to or contacts the surface of the image carrier, thereby developing the electrostatic latent image;
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- a driving mechanism that moves at least the partition.
A developing device comprising:
- a container that contains a developer including toner;
- a partition that forms a plurality of chambers by partitioning an interior space of the container;
- an agitation mechanism that agitates the developer in the interior space and moves the developer between the plurality of chambers;
- a transport section that is supplied with the developer from the container, and transports the developer to a surface of an image carrier that carries an electrostatic latent image such that the transported developer is close to or contacts the surface of the image carrier, thereby developing the electrostatic latent image;
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- a moving member that moves along the partition.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image carrier that carries an image to be formed on a surface thereof;
- a latent image forming section that forms an electrostatic image on the surface of the image carrier;
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- a developing device that contains developer including toner and forms a toner image by attaching the toner to the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the image carrier,
- the developing device comprising:
- a container that contains developer including toner;
- a partition that forms a plurality of chambers by partitioning an interior space of the container;
- an agitation mechanism that agitates the developer in the interior space and moves the developer between the plurality of chambers;
- a transport section that is supplied with the developer from the container, and transports the developer to a surface of an image carrier that carries an electrostatic latent image such that the transported developer is close to or contacts the surface of the image carrier, thereby developing the electrostatic latent image;
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- a driving mechanism that moves at least the partition.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image carrier that carries an image to be formed on a surface thereof;
- a latent image forming section that forms an electrostatic image on the surface of the image carrier;
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- a developing device that contains developer including toner and forms a toner image by attaching the toner to the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the image carrier,
- the developing device comprising:
- a container that contains developer including toner;
- a partition that forms a plurality of chambers by partitioning an interior space of the container;
- an agitation mechanism that agitates the developer in the interior space and moves the developer between the plurality of chambers;
- a transport section that is supplied with the developer from the container, and transports the developer to a surface of an image carrier that carries an electrostatic latent image such that the transported developer is close to or contacts the surface of the image carrier, thereby developing the electrostatic latent image;
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- a moving member that moves along the partition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.