Developer Supply Device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKenjiro Nishiwaki
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Abstract
A developer supply device carrying charged developer along a developer carrying path to a supply target, including: a carrying substrate that includes a plurality of carrying electrodes arranged along the developer carrying path and is configured to carry the developer through an electric field generated by voltage application to the plurality of carrying electrodes. The carrying substrate comprises a vertical carrying substrate provided to stand to carry the developer upward in a substantially vertical direction. The developer is supplied to the supply target around an upper end portion of the vertical carrying substrate.
Claims20
A developer supply device carrying charged developer along a developer carrying path to a supply target, comprising:
- a carrying substrate that includes a plurality of carrying electrodes arranged along the developer carrying path and is configured to carry the developer through an electric field generated by voltage application to the plurality of carrying electrodes,
- wherein:
- the carrying substrate comprises a vertical carrying substrate provided to stand to carry the developer upward in a substantially vertical direction;
- and
- the developer is supplied to the supply target around an upper end portion of the vertical carrying substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.