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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Uchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Furuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuhiro Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Teppei Yawada, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a developing device including an accommodating unit that contains a developer, a transport member that holds the developer on an outer surface and transports the developer outside from the accommodating unit, a layer regulating member that faces the outer surface of the transport member with a gap, extends in a direction intersecting a direction in which the developer is transported, and regulates a layer thickness of the developer, and a removal member that is inserted into the gap, moves along the direction in which the layer regulating member extends, and removes the developer from the gap.