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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2016
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiaki Ikebata, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A developing device includes a developer carrier, a thickness restricting portion, and an airflow rotor. The developer carrier rotates while carrying a developer on an outer circumferential surface thereof. The thickness restricting portion is disposed spaced apart from the developer carrier, and restricts the thickness of the two-component developer carried by the developer carrier. The airflow rotor is a rotor that rotates in a direction opposite to a rotation direction of the developer carrier, at a position spaced apart from an upper surface of the thickness restricting portion and from the outer circumferential surface of the developer carrier. The airflow rotor generates airflow in a space between the airflow rotor and the upper surface of the thickness restricting portion.