Image formation unit and image formation apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorsTakatoku SHIMIZU, Hidetaka MITSUNOBU
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Abstract
An image formation unit includes an image carrier, a developer carrier configured to supply developer to the image carrier to form a developer image on the image carrier, first and second developer supply members configured to supply the developer to the developer carrier, a first developer container room configured to contain therein the developer and accommodating therein the first developer supply member, and a second developer container room configured to contain therein the developer and accommodating therein the second developer supply member.
Claims22
An image formation unit comprising:
- an image carrier on which a latent image can be formed;
- a developer carrier configured to retain a developer thereon and to supply the developer to the image carrier to form a developer image on the image carrier;
- a first developer supply member configured to retain the developer thereon and to supply the developer to the developer carrier;
- a second developer supply member provided above the first developer supply member and configured to retain the developer thereon and to supply the developer to the developer carrier;
- a developer container part configured to contain therein the developer and accommodating therein the first and second developer supply members;
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- a developer supply prompt structure configured to prompt a supply of the developer to the first developer supply member in the developer container part.
An image formation unit comprising:
- an image carrier on which a latent image can be formed;
- a developer carrier configured to retain a developer thereon and to supply the developer to the image carrier to form a developer image on the image carrier;
- a first developer supply member configured to retain the developer thereon and to supply the developer to the developer carrier;
- a second developer supply member provided above the first developer supply member, configured to retain the developer thereon and to supply the developer to the developer carrier;
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- a developer container part configured to contain therein the developer and accommodating therein the first and second developer supply members, wherein the first developer supply member protrudes out further than the second developer supply member toward an opposite side of the developer carrier.
An image formation unit comprising:
- an image carrier on which a latent image can be formed;
- a developer carrier configured to retain a developer thereon and to supply the developer to the image carrier to form a developer image on the image carrier;
- a first developer supply member configured to retain the developer thereon and to supply the developer to the developer carrier;
- a second developer supply member configured to retain the developer thereon and to supply the developer to the developer carrier;
- a first developer container room configured to contain therein the developer and accommodating therein the first developer supply member;
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- a second developer container room configured to contain therein the developer and accommodating therein the second developer supply member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.