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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2014
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsu Koyama, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming unit includes an image carrier, a developer carrier carrying a developer for developing images by attaching the developer to electrostatic latent images on the image carrier, a developer supply member for supplying the developer to the developer carrier, a first developer container having an opening, for containing the developer, a second developer container reserving the developer supplied via the opening from the first developer container, and a stirring member disposed rotatably in a prescribed rotation direction around a rotation axis in the first developer container for stirring the developer. The stirring member comprises a first elastic member extending in a first direction, and a second elastic member extending in a second direction as different direction from the first direction, and the second elastic member is disposed on a downstream side of the first elastic member in the rotation direction of the stirring member.