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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2008
Masayuki Nishi, Toyokawa, JP;
Tsugihito Yoshiyama, Toyohashi, JP;
Masayuki Nishi, Toyokawa, JP;
Tsugihito Yoshiyama, Toyohashi, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a rotary type image developing apparatus that has a rotary rack accommodating a plurality of developer units and drives the rotary rack to rotate in a predetermined rotational direction so as to bring a targeted one of the developer units to a developing position, each developer unit includes a toner storage in which a first slope is disposed. As the rotary rack rotates, toner that remains upstream of a toner supply opening in a toner flowing direction in the toner storage is guided by a slope surface of the first slope, which enables the toner to be smoothly supplied to a developing chamber. Thus, even when the toner gets low, the toner can be efficiently supplied from the toner storage to the developing chamber with the aid of the first slope.
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