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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2015
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Koji Izumi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyoshi Omura, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a first guide portion, a developing portion, and a second guide portion. The first guide portion forms a first flow path in which toner removed from the image carrier is flowed downward with respect to a horizontal direction. The developing portion visualizes an electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of the image carrier, with developer including at least toner and carrier. The second guide portion forms a second flow path in which the developer in the developing portion is flowed diagonally downward with respect to the horizontal direction and guided to the first flow path.