Developing device
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakao Izumi, Minoru Yoshida, Hiroshi Murata, Takashi Hatakeyama
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Abstract
A developing device includes a developer tank configured to contain a developer including a toner and a carrier, the developer tank having a discharge port which is provided in a lateral side surface of the developer tank and configured to discharge the developer, a developing agent supplier configured to develop a latent image by using the toner contained in the developer tank, and a plate-shaped member configured to be formed in a direction of height from a lower end of the discharge port and partially cover the discharge port to regulate the discharge of the developer.
Claims18
A developing device comprising:
- a developer tank configured to contain a developer including a toner and a carrier, the developer tank having a discharge port which is provided in a lateral side surface of the developer tank and configured to discharge the developer;
- a developing agent supplier configured to develop a latent image by using the toner contained in the developer tank;
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- a plate-shaped member configured to be formed in a direction of height from a lower end of the discharge port and partially cover the discharge port to regulate the discharge of the developer, an upper end of the plate-shaped member being situated below an upper end of the discharge port.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image carrier configured to hold a latent image;
- a charger configured to uniformly charge the image carrier;
- a developer tank configured to contain a developer including a toner and a carrier, the developer tank having a discharge port which is provided in a lateral side surface of the developer tank and configured to discharge the developer;
- a developing agent supplier configured to develop a latent image formed on the image carrier by using the toner in the developer tank;
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- a plate-shaped member configured to be formed in a direction of height from a lower end of the discharge port and partially cover the discharge port to regulate the discharge of the developer, an upper end of the plate-shaped member being situated below an upper end of the discharge port.
A developing device comprising:
- means for containing a developer including a toner and a carrier;
- means for developing a latent image using the toner;
- means for discharging the developer outside, the means for discharging being provided in a lateral side surface of the means for containing;
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- means for regulating the discharge of the developer in accordance with fluidity of the developer, the means for regulating being formed in a direction of height from a lower end of the means for discharging and partially covering the means for discharging to regulate the discharge of the developer, an upper end of the means for regulating being situated below an upper end of the means for discharging.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.