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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2010
Masatoshi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuya Takenouchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsunori Kikuchihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Nakao, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Yagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyotoshi Kaneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatoshi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuya Takenouchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsunori Kikuchihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Nakao, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Yagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyotoshi Kaneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a developer recovery device including: a casing; a recovery member disposed along an edge portion of the aperture portion; a sealing member disposed along an edge portion at a conveyance direction upstream side of the aperture portion; a moving section that moves the recovery member and the sealing member between a position of being touched against the developer-bearing member and a position of being apart from the developer-bearing member; a suction section that sucks the developer separated from the developer-bearing member into the casing; and a filter that is long in the length direction of the aperture portion and that is disposed in the casing between the aperture portion and the suction section with an inclination such that a lower portion of the filter is further away from the aperture portion than an upper portion of the filter.