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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2018
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Yuasa, Hino, JP;
Shunichi Takaya, Hino, JP;
Hideaki Tanaka, Hussa, JP;
Kazuteru Ishizuka, Saitama, JP;
Shota Sakurai, Machida, JP;
Kei Okamura, Yokohama, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing apparatus includes: a developer carrying member carrying a developer; a plurality of developer feeders accommodating the developer carried by the developer carrying member and being arranged in an axial direction of the developer carrying member; and a collecting part that collects the developer from the developer carrying member and feeds the developer to a second developer feeder different from a first developer feeder located at a position where the developer is collected from the developer carrying member in the axial direction, among the plurality of developer feeders.