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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2009
Futoshi Okazaki, Toyokawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Hoi-gun, JP;
Futoshi Okazaki, Toyokawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Hoi-gun, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A development apparatushas developer transport membersandrespectively contained in containersandand transporting developer while stirring the developer and passing the developer to each other at a passing portionand a passing portion, thereby causing the developer to circulate in a developer tank. The passing portionis formed at a location of a partitionadjacent to a developer discharging mechanismand the passing portionis formed at a location of the partitionaway from the developer discharging mechanism. The passing portionsandhave configurations in which a transport force acting on the developer at the passing portionis greater than the transport force acting on the developer at the passing portion