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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, JP;
Fumiyuki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Ochi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuaki Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Yoshii, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Kanematsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenta Urayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Okuyama, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transport mechanism includes: a container that stores a specific developer; a transport body that transports the developer in an axial direction of a shaft about which the transport body rotates in the container while stirring the developer; a bearing that supports the transport body such that the transport body is rotatable about the shaft; and a restricting portion that has a substantially annular shape and a maximum magnetic force of about 20 mT or greater and about 50 mT or smaller and restricts the transportation of the developer past the restricting portion by surrounding the shaft, the restricting portion being provided nearer to a side on which the transport body transports the developer than the bearing in the axial direction of the shaft.