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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2009
Kentaro Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Goto, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Goto, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming unit and an image forming apparatus comprising the image forming unit are supplied capable of preventing toner in bottom part of toner accommodating room from accumulating so as to obtain toner image with good quality. In the image forming unit, a developer accommodating section that accommodates developer; a developing member that supplies developer to an electrostatic latent image on an image carrying body; a supplying member that faces to the developing member and supplies developer to the developing member; and a conveying mechanism that conveys developer in bottom part of the developer accommodating section to the upper part of the developer accommodating section.