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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuhiro Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Furuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Uchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Kamisaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Teppei Yawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Sekiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Funaba, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing device includes a container that contains a developer containing a toner therein, a supply tank that is provided adjacent to the container and is supplied with the toner at a supply point within the supply tank, a transport member that is rotatably driven within the supply tank to transport the toner to the container, and an annular member, wherein the annular member has an inner diameter larger than a diameter of a rotatably-driven shaft in the transport member, the rotatably-driven shaft extends through the annular member, and the annular member is held in a partial section in a longitudinal direction of the rotatably-driven shaft.