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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
May. 01, 2013
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Sakuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Munenobu Okubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Mitsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Tsutsumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuaki Iikura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yosuke Ninomiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshifumi Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiko Noda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Hamano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takafumi Wakai, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a developing device including a toner holding member that is rotatably provided to face an image holding member and holds and transports a nonmagnetic single-component toner toward a development region to develop an electrostatic latent image on the image holding member, a supplying member that is rotatably provided in elastic contact with the toner holding member to supply the toner from a contact region therebetween to the toner holding member, a toner replenishing unit that faces a replenishment region at a portion apart from the contact region to replenish a new toner, and a regulating member that is provided on a downstream side of the contact region in a rotation direction thereof and on an upstream side of the development region to triboelectrically charge the toner held on the toner holding member and regulate the amount of toner provided for the development.