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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2017
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Shima, Sanda, JP;
Yohei Ito, Toyokawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Ota, Chiryu, JP;
Hiroaki Umemoto, Neyagawa, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transport member, that transports a developer by rotating in a rotation direction that is predetermined around a rotation axis, includes: a shaft part including the rotation axis; and a blade part spirally provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft part, wherein the blade part includes a transport surface that is a surface facing a downstream side in a transport direction of the developer along the rotation axis, and a non-transport surface that is a surface other than the transport surface, and the transport member further includes a fin protruding from the non-transport surface of the blade part, the fin being provided with an interval from the outer peripheral surface of the shaft part.