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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2017
Hiroaki Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Tamaki, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Kadota, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Tamaki, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Kadota, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing device includes a casing to contain developer, a developer bearer disposed in the casing and opposite a latent image bearer in a developing range, at least one developer contact face to which the developer adheres in image formation, and a vibrator to give vibration to the developer contact face in a non-image formation period. The developer bearer is to rotate to supply the developer to the latent image bearer in the developing range.