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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2012
Asami Sasaki, Osaka, JP;
Hisashi Mukataka, Osaka, JP;
Asami Sasaki, Osaka, JP;
Hisashi Mukataka, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a toner dispersing mechanism arranged between a toner storage container and a developing device, for dispersing toner replenished from the toner storage container. The toner dispersing mechanism includes a housing, a toner dispersing member, and a projecting portion formed continuously at least at a part of an inner wall surface in a longitudinal direction of the housing. The housing includes a toner filling port communicating to the toner storage container, and a toner discharge port communicating to the developing device. The toner dispersing member includes a rotary shaft rotatably supported in the housing, and a large number of dispersing protrusions made of an elastic material and formed on an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft. The large number of dispersing protrusions face the part and come into contact with the projecting portion.