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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Koichi Imanaka, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/095 (2006.01); G03G 21/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/095 (2013.01); G03G 21/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a displacement member supported so as to be displaceable; and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism is a mechanism configured to displace the displacement member between a first position away from a fall path of a movement path for a powdery developer and a second position at which at least a part of the displacement member enters the fall path.