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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2021
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Katsumi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Nakao, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Shota Igawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Funada, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsutoshi Hongo, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Kanno, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Uchimitsu, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing device includes a first transport member and a second transport member that are respectively disposed in a first transport path and a second transport path arranged in a vertical direction and that transport developer so as to circulate the developer between the first transport path and the second transport path. The developing device includes a developing device body in which the first transport path and the second transport path are formed. The developing device also includes a developer discharging structure that discharges excess developer discharged from the first transport path to outside through the second transport path or through a space between an end portion of the second transport path and the developing device body.