Imaging system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorYuya Kato
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Abstract
An imaging system includes a casing with a developing chamber, a developing roller which is located inside the developing chamber and which carries a toner, and a conveying path which is located adjacent to the developing chamber inside the casing and is used to circulate the toner and to supply the toner to the developing roller. A discharge path includes an inlet, an outlet, and an intermediate portion between the inlet and the outlet. The inlet communicates with the developing chamber in the casing and is located outside the conveying path. The outlet is located between the developing roller and a photoreceptor. The intermediate portion is located outside the casing.
Claims15
An imaging system comprising:
- a casing which includes a developing chamber;
- a developing roller which is located inside the developing chamber to carry a toner;
- a conveying path which is located adjacent to the developing chamber and inside the casing to circulate the toner and to supply the toner to the developing roller;
- and
- a discharge path which includes:
- an inlet located outside the conveying path, the inlet to communicate with the developing chamber in the casing
- an outlet located between the developing roller and a photoreceptor, and
- an intermediate portion located outside the casing between the inlet and the outlet.
An imaging system comprising:
- a casing which includes a developing chamber;
- a developing roller which is located inside the developing chamber to carry a developer including a toner and to move the toner of the developer to a photoreceptor in a movement region located between the developing roller and the photoreceptor, the movement region including a point of closest approach between the developing roller and the photoreceptor;
- a regulation member that is located upstream of the movement region inside the developing chamber and adjacent to the developing roller, the regulation member to regulate a thickness of the developer carried by the developing roller;
- a conveying path which is located adjacent to the developing chamber in the casing, the conveying path to circulate the developer and to supply the developer to the developing roller;
- and
- a discharge path which includes:
- an inlet located outside the conveying path to communicate with the developing chamber in the casing,
- an outlet located between the developing roller and the photoreceptor, the outlet located upstream of the point of closest approach position and downstream of the regulation member, and
- an intermediate portion located outside of the casing between the inlet and the outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.