18444174. DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.)
DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Inventor(s)
Arichika Tanaka of Kanagawa JP
DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18444174 titled 'DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
A developing device includes developer holder that supplies developer to an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a removing member that removes the developer that has not been supplied to the image carrier and remains on the developer holder; a transport unit that includes a helical rotating body, the transport unit rotating the rotating body to transport the developer and supply the developer to the developer holder; an accommodating unit that accommodates the developer holder, the removing member, and the transport unit; and a drive mechanism that operates the developer holder and the transport unit together in a first operation mode for image formation and operates the developer holder and the transport unit individually in a second operation mode for cleaning an inside of the accommodating unit by removing the developer.