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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2010
Applicants:
Takashi Hatakeyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Izumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Murata, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Hatakeyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Izumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Murata, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/095 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an embodiment, a reducing plate that dams up a part of a developer scraped up by a blade is provided. The reducing plate suppresses swell of the developer held up by a discharge mixer from fluctuating according to the rotation of the blade. Fluctuation in an excess developer discharged from a discharge port is suppressed and replace a deteriorated carrier in a development container with a new carrier little by little.