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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2007
Ryoji Nishimura, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Yamagishi, Mie, JP;
Hirohisa Endou, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A developing device includes a casing, a first mixing conveying screw, and a developer removing unit. The casing is able to store toner. The first mixing conveying screw has a shaft arranged to be able to rotate freely in the interior of the casing, and a spiral in a spiral shape formed on the outer circumference portion of the shaft. The developer removing unit has a plurality of spring members arranged to be lined up in the axial direction corresponding to the spiral pitch of the spiral and are able to contact the spiral, and a retaining member that is retained in the casing and retains the plurality of the spring members.