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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2006
Applicant:
Shuitsu Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shuitsu Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, a developer agitation member has a mechanism to vary its driving force, and the driving force of the developer agitation member is changed by a control unit according to the information of the number of times of image formation from a counter.