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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2006
Yuichi Matsushita, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroki Mori, Nagoya, JP;
Yukiko Nakaya, Konan, JP;
Fan Xu, Nagoya, JP;
Isao Kishi, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Ishii, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsuru Horinoe, Chita-gun, JP;
Yuichi Matsushita, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroki Mori, Nagoya, JP;
Yukiko Nakaya, Konan, JP;
Fan Xu, Nagoya, JP;
Isao Kishi, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Ishii, Nagoya, JP;
Mitsuru Horinoe, Chita-gun, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A developing device is provided that includes a developer containing case that contains a developer. The developer containing case includes a case main body and a supply roller that is rotatably supported on the case main body. The supply roller has a rotary shaft, a cylindrical roller main body that covers the rotary shaft, and a fixed member that is fixed to at least one of the rotary shaft and the roller main body. A gap is provided between an end surface of the roller main body and an inner surface of the case main body, and the fixed member partially occupies the gap.