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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Shunichi Takaya, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuteru Ishizuka, Saitama, JP;
Shota Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Okamura, Yokohama, JP;
Kei Yuasa, Tokyo, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing apparatus includes a developer carrier that carries a developer, and a developer casing that contains the developer to be supplied to the developer carrier. An opening/closing part is capable of controlling a moving amount of the developer between a first region on one side in an axial direction of the developer carrier and a second region on the other side in the axial direction of the developer carrier by opening or closing the first region and the second region. A hardware processor controls an open/closed state of the opening/closing part in accordance with the state of the developer in the first region and the second region.