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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takumi Sakurada, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/10 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0808 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus that is provided with a developing unit to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier as a toner image, the developing unit is provided with a developer reservoir that is disposed between a supplying roller to feed developer agitated by an agitating member into the developer reservoir and a developing roller to cause the developer in the developer reservoir to adhere onto the latent image on the image carrier so as to be developed as the toner image. A control section controls driving of the supplying roller, independently from driving of the agitating member.