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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Takashi Hatakeyama, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Murata, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Hatakeyama, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Murata, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There are provided a developing apparatus and a developer collecting method, in which a collection unit to collect a developer discharged from a developing unit by overflow is disposed not to largely protrude to the outside of an installation space of the developing unit. There are included a developing unitincluding a discharge portto discharge a developer by overflow, and a developer collecting unitthat is disposed so that at least a part overlaps with the developing unitwhen the developing unitis viewed from above, and contains the developer discharged from the discharge portof the developing unit