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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2003
Koichi Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyoshi Tode, Osaka, JP;
Yojiro Sato, Osaka, JP;
Koujyu Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Koichi Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyoshi Tode, Osaka, JP;
Yojiro Sato, Osaka, JP;
Koujyu Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a development apparatus of the present invention, a guide member is provided which extends through the toner receiving opening located above the agitation/transfer device to surround the pathway of the toner falling from the toner container to guide the same to the agitation/transfer device, the guide member is formed to be broaden toward the agitation/transfer device, and the bottom edge part of the guide member facing the agitation/transfer device is shaped to run along the rotational circumference of the agitation/transfer device, so that the piling up of toner between the agitation/transfer device and inner wall of the developing apparatus is prevented.