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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2024
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Umekubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Mizue Sekine, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Funada, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier a developing device that applies a developer to the image carrier, and a supplying device that supplies a developer to the developing device. The supplying device has a developer flow path along which a developer passes. The image forming apparatus has a gas flow path along which a gas discharged from the developing device passes. The gas flow path is connected to the supplying device, in which the gas flow path is connected to a non-flow-path section of the supplying device. The non-flow-path section is a section that is not the developer flow path.