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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Okuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasutomo Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyohito Horii, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing device includes a developer carrier that has a cylindrical shape and that rotates while holding developer to supply the developer to an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a container that contains the developer carrier; a discharge-path forming member that forms a discharge path along which air is discharged out of the container from inside the container; and a magnetic member that generates a magnetic field that acts on the developer in the discharge path and causes the developer to stay in the discharge path.