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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
May. 09, 2011
Kiyotoshi Kaneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatoshi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyotoshi Kaneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatoshi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developer collecting device includes a housing provided with an opening opposed to a developer carrying member; a collecting member provided along an edge of the opening at a downstream end thereof in a transporting direction of the developer carrying member, the collecting member removing developer from the developer carrying member and collecting the developer into the housing when the collecting member is in contact with the developing carrying member; a suction unit that sucks air from the opening; a flow rate regulating member provided in a suction path between the suction unit and the housing, the flow rate regulating member changing a flow rate of the air; and an operation device that moves the collecting member and operates the flow rate regulating member such that the flow rate regulating member raises the flow rate before the separation of the collecting member from the developer carrying member.