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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2020
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yuuki Tsuchiya, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Oshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryusuke Mase, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Kawashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hotaru Hashikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing device includes a developer conveyer, a bearing, a flange, and a developer mover. The developer conveyer is rotatable and configured to convey a developer. The bearing rotatably supports a support shaft of the developer conveyer. The flange is disposed at an end portion of the developer conveyor to regulate a movement of the developer in an axial direction of the developer conveyer. The developer mover is disposed on a surface of the flange facing the bearing and configured to move the developer that enters between the flange and the bearing.