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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2008
Tomofumi Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Hirobumi Ooyoshi, Osaka, JP;
Kenzo Tatsumi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Kawakami, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Shimizu, Hyogo, JP;
Tomohiro Kubota, Osaka, JP;
Yutaka Naitoh, Hyogo, JP;
Tomofumi Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Hirobumi Ooyoshi, Osaka, JP;
Kenzo Tatsumi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Kawakami, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Shimizu, Hyogo, JP;
Tomohiro Kubota, Osaka, JP;
Yutaka Naitoh, Hyogo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner agitating unit is located in a toner hopper that houses toner used for developing a latent image. The toner agitating unit includes a rotary shaft and an agitating member. The agitating member is a flat plate made of resin. The agitating member has a plurality of slits extending from an outer edge of the agitating member toward the rotary shaft.