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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2009
Applicants:
Takuzi Yoneda, Tokyo, JP;
Mugijirou Uno, Isehara, JP;
Inventors:
Takuzi Yoneda, Tokyo, JP;
Mugijirou Uno, Isehara, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0126 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0607 (2013.01); G03G 15/0832 (2013.01); G03G 15/0178 (2013.01);
Abstract
A developer supplier for supplying a developer to each of a plurality of developing devices, includes a plurality of developer supplying units each configured to supply a developer in which a toner and a carrier are preliminarily dispersed at a given concentration to each of the plurality of developing devices. A proportion of the carrier included in the developer which is supplied to one of the plurality of developing devices is set so as to be greater than a proportion of the carrier included in the developer which is supplied to the another one of the plurality of developing devices.