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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2017
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing device includes a developing unit; an airflow generator that generates an airflow in a space accommodating the developing unit; a partitioning member that has at least two openings located upstream of the developing unit in a direction of the airflow and that divides a region in which the developing unit is present from a region in which the developing unit is not present, the two openings being located at an upstream position and a downstream position in the direction of the airflow, at least the opening at the upstream position being provided with an opening-closing mechanism; and an element that performs at least an exothermic process in the space accommodating the developing unit.