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US 2018/0024469 A1Published application
Developing device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorYuji OKUGAWA
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Abstract
A developing device includes: a housing that contains a developing agent; a vibrator that vibrates the housing; and a hardware processor that controls the vibrator at a time when no image is being formed, with the housing mounted on an image forming apparatus, to vibrate the housing such that toner adhered inside the housing is dropped.
Claims20
A developing device comprising:
- a housing that contains a developing agent;
- a vibrator that vibrates the housing;
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- a hardware processor that controls the vibrator at a time when no image is being formed, with the housing mounted on an image forming apparatus, to vibrate the housing such that toner adhered inside the housing is dropped.
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