DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Organization Name

fujifilm business innovation corp.

Inventor(s)

Kenta Urayama of Kanagawa JP

Norihiro Tamazawa of Kanagawa JP

Tomoyuki Yoshii of Kanagawa JP

Yujiro Fukuda of Kanagawa JP

Shinichi Kuramoto of Kanagawa JP

Shigemi Murata of Kanagawa JP

Yutaka Kiuchi of Kanagawa JP

Shota Oba of Kanagawa JP

Yoshifumi Ozaki of Kanagawa JP

Daisuke Uchimitsu of Kanagawa JP

DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250102949 titled 'DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Original Abstract Submitted

a developing device includes a developer holder that holds a developer containing toner and carrier and being supplied to an image holder forming an electrostatic latent image; a regulation member that regulates the developer held on the developer holder to a specified amount; and a member that is provided to decrease a space on a lower side of the regulation member, and is provided in a region that is less flexible compared to other regions of the regulation member in an axial direction of the developer holder.