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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20130101315 | DEVELOPMENT ROLLER WITH INCREASING MAGNETIC FIELD A development system (10) for an electrophotographic printer (100) with multiple augers and containing a development roller (11) and a first channel (12) containing a feed auger (13) and developer (14), where the magnetic streng... | 04/25/2013 |
| 20130078002 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTER DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE AUGERS A development system (10) for an electrophotographic printer (100) with multiple augers containing a development roller (11), a first channel (12) containing a feed auger (13), and a second channel (19) containing a mixing auger... | 03/28/2013 |
| 20130078003 | METHOD FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING A method for transporting developer in an electrophotographic printer (100) with multiple augers includes transporting developer from a first channel to a development roller (11) across at least a portion of the development roller; releasing spent develope... | 03/28/2013 |
| 20130051860 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A developing device has a developer tank for containing a two-component developer; a partition; a first and a second developer conveyance path for conveying the developer in pairs; a first conveyance member for conveying the developer in one direction, which has a first... | 02/28/2013 |
| 20130039670 | DEVELOPING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A developing unit includes a developer storage unit, a developer bearing member, an agitation member, a flexible member, and a magnet member. The developer storage unit stores a developer. The developer bearing member develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an ... | 02/14/2013 |
| 20130022372 | FEED AUGER WITH PADDLES A development system (10) for an electrophotographic printer with multiple augers containing a development roller (11) and a first channel contains a feed auger (13) and developer, with a plurality of paddles (12) attached to the feed auger, ... | 01/24/2013 |
| 20130016998 | DEVELOPING DEVICE A developing device includes a developer carrying member for carrying a developer; a first feeding portion for supplying the developer to the developer carrying member while feeding the developer along the developer carrying member; a second feeding portion, communicati... | 01/17/2013 |
| 20130016999 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS To provide an image forming method, containing: a charging step, a latent electrostatic image forming step, a developing step, a transferring step, and a fixing step, wherein the developing step is developing the latent electrostatic image formed on the latent electrost... | 01/17/2013 |
| 20130011163 | Developer Container and Image Forming Apparatus Including The Same A developer container includes a developer accommodating chamber and a transporting member configured to elastically deform, to rotate, and to transport the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating chamber. The developer accommodating chamber includes a div... | 01/10/2013 |
| 20130004207 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image on an image bearing member including a developer bearing member opposed to the image bearing member to bear thereon a developer including a toner and a magnetic carrier; a developer containing part to cont... | 01/03/2013 |
| 20130004208 | DEVELOPER HOLDING APPARATUS, DEVELOPING UNIT THAT INCORPORATES THE DEVELOPER HOLDING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT EMPLOYS THE DEVELOPER HOLDING APPARATUS A developer holding apparatus holds a developer material therein. A rotatable member is disposed within the developer holding apparatus. The rotatable member includes a rotational shaft and an agitating portion. The agitator is offset relative to the rotational shaft an... | 01/03/2013 |
| 20120321352 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS A developing apparatus is provided in which, with reference to a middle position in a developer conveyance direction, an average friction coefficient between an inner wall of the developing chamber and the developer, is smaller at an upstream side than at a downstream s... | 12/20/2012 |
| 20120308269 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME A developing device including a two-component developer including toner and a carrier. The developing device includes first and second developer housing portions divided by a barrier wall having first and second communication openings. A development member is disposed o... | 12/06/2012 |
| 20120294654 | TONER CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS The toner conveying apparatus and the image forming apparatus using the toner conveying apparatus include a conveyance case for conveying toner; one rotatable crankshaft located in one end portion of the conveyance case another rotatable crankshaft located in the other ... | 11/22/2012 |
| 20120263502 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developing apparatus and a toner container which replenishes the developing apparatus with toner. The developing apparatus includes a first conveyance member having a first rotational shaft and a toner reple... | 10/18/2012 |
| 20120251167 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes image forming units which are detachably mounted on an apparatus body, and each of which includes an image holding body and a developing unit provided with a developing member that supplies a developer to the electrostatic latent imag... | 10/04/2012 |
| 20120243911 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A developing device includes a developing member including a scooping pole generating the magnetic lines of force to scoop up a developer, rotating while holding the developer scooped up by the scooping pole on a surface thereof, and supplying the developer to an image ... | 09/27/2012 |
| 20120243882 | DEVELOPER STORAGE UNIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RECYCLING PRODUCT A developer storage unit includes first and second rotary members. The first rotary member includes: first contacting portion capable of contacting with the second rotary member, first non-contacting portion not in contact with the second rotary member, and first stoppe... | 09/27/2012 |
| 20120230733 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME A development device includes a development portion to develop a latent image; an agitation container to contain developer; a circulation system through which the developer is circulated between the development portion and the agitation container; a developer replenishi... | 09/13/2012 |
| 20120230734 | IMAGE FORMATION UNIT AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS 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 carri... | 09/13/2012 |
| 20120219326 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE INCORPORATING SAME A development device includes a developer container, a developer bearer to carry developer to a development range, a partition dividing at least partly the developer container into a supply compartment and a collecting compartment, with an end portion of the partition f... | 08/30/2012 |
| 20120219327 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS In a developing device including a developer tank and a developing roller, an internal space of the developer tank is divided into a first conveying path, a second conveying path, a first communication path and a second communication path, by a partition wall. A first d... | 08/30/2012 |
| 20120213554 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A developing device comprises a first and a second developer conveyance path; a first conveyance member; a second conveyance member; and, a developing roller. A developer collection path guides the developer left on a surface of the developing roller in a direction away... | 08/23/2012 |
| 20120207492 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME A development device includes a developer container for containing developer, a developer bearer to carry by rotation the developer contained in the developer container to a development range facing a latent image bearer, a partition dividing the developer container int... | 08/16/2012 |
| 20120189349 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A trickle-type developing device comprising: a stirring and conveying tank provided with stirring and conveying screws that circulate the developer; a discharge member via which a part of the developer is conveyed from the tank to a discharge opening through which the d... | 07/26/2012 |
| 20120189327 | DEVELOPER AMOUNT DETECTOR, AND DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME A development device includes a development housing, a first developer conveyance member, a developer bearer, and a developer amount detector to detect an amount of developer in the development housing. The developer amount detector includes a light-emitting element, a ... | 07/26/2012 |
| 20120189350 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, DEVELOPER CONTAINER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A development device includes a housing for containing developer, a developer bearer to carry by rotation the developer contained in the housing to a development range position facing a latent image bearer, and developer conveyance device that includes a rotary shaft, a... | 07/26/2012 |
| 20120170948 | Developing device including toner concentration sensor and image forming apparatus including the developing device A developing device using a two-component developing agent including a toner and a carrier. The developing device includes a toner concentration sensor which detects a concentration of a toner contained in the developing agent within the accommodation unit by using elec... | 07/05/2012 |
| 20120163873 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS In a developing device including a developer tank and a developing roller, an internal space of the developer tank is divided by a partition wall into a first conveying path, a second conveying path, a communication path and a pumping path. In the pumping path, there is... | 06/28/2012 |
| 20120163872 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DEVELOPER AGITATING AND CONVEYING METHOD A developing device includes a developer tank and a developing roller. An internal space of the developer tank is divided into an upper conveying path, a lower conveying path, a communication path, a main pumping conveying path section, and a developer supply path, by a... | 06/28/2012 |
| 20120163874 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS Developing devices, process cartridges and image-forming apparatuses, having a chamber for conveying recovered developer on the top of another chamber for conveying supplying developer, where the developer is conveyed by screws inside the chambers respectively, when mix... | 06/28/2012 |
| 20120155923 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD An image forming apparatus that may securely mix a toner and a carrier in a minimum space when high-speed printing is performed. The image forming apparatus including: a photosensitive drum; a developing roller; and a developing unit, wherein the developing unit include... | 06/21/2012 |
| 20120155924 | TONER SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND TONER SUPPLYING METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes plural developing devices arranged at a fixed interval, plural toner cartridges arranged at an interval smaller than the interval among the developing devices, and plural sub-hoppers that receive toners stored in the toner cartridges ... | 06/21/2012 |
| 20120114384 | Image Forming Apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive drum; a toner cartridge; and a developing unit that forms a toner image by visualizing a latent image formed on the photosensitive drum. The developing unit includes a feed opening through which toner is supplied fro... | 05/10/2012 |
| 20120099899 | DEVELOPING UNIT AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS A developing unit includes: a developing roller; a first conveying member provided in a first container, having a first shaft and a spiral blade, that agitates and conveys developer; a second conveying member provided in a second container connected to the first contain... | 04/26/2012 |
| 20120099900 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A developing device comprising a developer carrying member for carrying the developer containing non-magnetic toner and magnetic carrier to a position where said developer carrying member is opposed to an image bearing member; a developing container including a first ch... | 04/26/2012 |
| 20120093541 | IMAGE FORMING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A image forming unit includes an image forming unit including an image bearing body that bears a latent image, a developer bearing body that develops the latent image, a developer supplying portion that supplies the developer to the developer bearing body, an agitating ... | 04/19/2012 |
| 20120070194 | Developing Device and Image Forming Apparatus Developing device supplying developer to developing roller, while causing developer to circulate in passage including first and second conveying passages in parallel, and while ejecting part of developer to outside via ejection passage formed as extension of first conve... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070195 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME A developing apparatus for an image forming apparatus. In order to suppress toner scattering that may occur after a development operation has been halted for a long time, the developer is transferred to a developer storage unit on the exterior of the developing machine ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120063813 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A developing device that is capable of securing an amount of developer that can be stored in a developer tank while suppressing the bending of a developer conveying section, as well as an image forming apparatus are provided. In a developer tank of a developing device, ... | 03/15/2012 |
