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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuuki Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/12 (2006.01); G03G 21/10 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/12 (2013.01); G03G 15/0891 (2013.01); G03G 21/10 (2013.01); G03G 21/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming unit includes an image bearing body, a developer storage section that stores a developer removed from a surface of the image bearing body, a frame surrounding the developer storage section, a developer conveying member that conveys the developer in the developer storage section in a predetermined conveying direction, and a convex portion that is provided in the frame and pushes the developer conveying member toward the image bearing body.