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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Nobuhiro Maezawa, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0812 (2013.01); G03G 15/0808 (2013.01); G03G 15/0818 (2013.01); G03G 21/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A development device includes a developer carrier, a blade and a cover. The developer carrier carries a developer containing a toner. The blade regulates a thickness of the developer carried on the developer carrier. The cover includes a cover main body covering an outer side of the blade and a facing rib protruding from an inner face of the cover main body and facing the developer carrier at an interval. A storage space to store the toner which contacts the facing rib and falls is formed below the facing rib.