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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2019
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Sakae Yoshioka, Kanagawa, JP;
Shota Makita, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A replenishment system includes a rotator, a path, and an accumulator. The rotator is disposed above a transport path along which a developer is transported and below a replenishment path for toner. The rotator rotates about an axis extending in a transport direction of the transport path while holding the developer. The path is provided downstream of the replenishment path in a rotation direction of the rotator, along a part of an outer circumference of the rotator. The path allows the toner from the replenishment path to move therealong in the rotation direction to the transport path. The accumulator is provided in an area including the path and extending from the path outward in a radial direction of the rotator. The accumulator accumulates the developer shifted upward from the transport path.