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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2007
Tohru Yoshioka, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Shuichi Morikuni, Nara, JP;
Syohji Tomita, Yao, JP;
Masatsugu Nakamura, Kashiba, JP;
Tohru Yoshioka, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Shuichi Morikuni, Nara, JP;
Syohji Tomita, Yao, JP;
Masatsugu Nakamura, Kashiba, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for forming an image according to the present invention includes a coverage rate finder, a developing unit, and a control unit. The coverage rate finder finds the coverage rate of the image. The developing unit holds developer in it and includes a stirring means for stirring the held developer at a stirring speed. The developing unit supplies the stirred developer to a surface of an image carrier. When the apparatus forms the image consecutively on sheets of paper, the control unit changes the stirring speed in proportion to the coverage rate. When the apparatus forms an image with a higher coverage rate consecutively on sheets of paper, the control unit makes the stirring speed higher.
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