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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2017
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Yu Sasaki, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A development device includes a development container and a second agitation member. The development container includes a second transport chamber and a developer discharge port which is provided at the end portion of the second transport chamber on a downstream side. The second agitation member includes a second transport blade, a damming member which dams a developer, a regulation portion which transports the developer in a direction opposite to the second transport blade and a discharge blade which discharges the developer from the developer discharge portion. A second rotation shaft includes a large shaft diameter portion on which the second transport blade is provided, a small shaft diameter portion on which the regulation portion and the discharge blade are provided and a shaft diameter change portion. The damming member is arranged between the shaft diameter change portion and the end portion of the second transport blade on the downstream side.