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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2017
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Shota Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Shunichi Takaya, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Okamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuteru Ishizuka, Saitama, JP;
Kei Yuasa, Tokyo, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing device includes: a plurality of development sections arranged in an axis direction of a developer bearing member; a communication section disposed at a boundary of adjacent two development sections of the development sections, and configured to communicate between the two development sections; and a control section configured to perform an operation of moving the developer between the two development sections through the communication section to equalize degradation states of the developer in the two development sections.