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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
May. 11, 2018
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Kazuteru Ishizuka, Saitama, JP;
Hideaki Tanaka, Hussa, JP;
Shunichi Takaya, Hino, JP;
Shota Sakurai, Machida, JP;
Kei Okamura, Yokohama, JP;
Kei Yuasa, Hino, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing device includes a developing agent carrier body that carries a developing agent; a supplier that has a plurality of movement areas for moving the developing agent and that supplies the developing agent to the developing agent carrier body; a confluence path that combines the developing agent moving in each of the plurality of movement areas and thereafter returns the developing agent to the plurality of movement areas; and a mixing member that mixes the developing agent entered in the confluence path.