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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Sakae Yoshioka, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing device that develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an image holding member with a developer, the device including a developer transporting chamber, a developer transporting member that transports a developer in the developer transporting chamber in a transport direction with stirring, an initial developer collection chamber that, before using of the developer, collects the developer to cause a developer damming member to prevent the developer from dropping into the developer transporting chamber, and removes the developer damming member and forms an integrated space with the developer transporting chamber when the developer is used, to allow the developer to drop into the developer transporting chamber, and a ceiling member that partially narrows a passage for the developer transported by the developer transporting member, up to a height at which interference with the developer is performed, in the transport direction.