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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2006
Hideaki Tanaka, Saitama, JP;
Hideaki Tanaka, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a process cartridge including: a first developer accommodating section and a second developer accommodating section provided by splitting a developer accommodating space; a developer passage that connects a developer feed inlet opening to the first developer accommodating section and a developer feed outlet opening to the second developer accommodating section; a first stirring/conveying member that is rotatably disposed in the first developer accommodating section and stirs/conveys the developer within the first developer accommodating section; and at least two second stirring/conveying members that are rotatably disposed in the second developer accommodating section and stir/convey the developer within the second developer accommodating section. The developer feed outlet is arranged in a position overlapping a projection face of one second stirring/conveying member out of the plurality of second stirring/conveying members to the second developer accommodating section.