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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2018
Fuji Xerox Co.,ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kenta Urayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Yoshii, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumiyuki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Shiho Matsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshitaka Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Norihiro Tamazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshifumi Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that holds an image, a developer carrier that holds a developer to be supplied to the image carrier, a transport member that transports the developer in an axial direction of the developer carrier, and a restraint member that restrains the developer, which has scattered as a result of being transported by the transport member, from moving toward the developer carrier.