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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1997
Masayuki Nishimura, Iwatsuki, JP;
Yuusaku Hashimoto, Iwatsuki, JP;
Takeshi Okoshi, Iwatsuki, JP;
Yoshifumi Ozaki, Iwatsuki, JP;
Katsumi Harumoto, Iwatsuki, JP;
Hideo Nagura, Iwatsuki, JP;
Toshio Uchida, Iwatsuki, JP;
Kei Hirata, Ebina, JP;
Atsuyuki Kitamura, Ebina, JP;
Ikutaroh Nagatsuka, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A rotating type developing apparatus, having a plurality of developing devices which convey developer, which at least includes toner and carrier, to a developing roll while accommodating and circulating the developer; and a rotating body which holds and rotates the plurality of developing devices, in a rotating type developing apparatus in which the plurality of developing devices successively oppose a photosensitive drum due to the rotation of the rotating body so as to form a multicolor image, the apparatus having developer supplying equipment which supplies the developer to the developing devices; and collecting equipment which collects excess developer within the developing devices due to the rotation of the rotating body.