DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A developing device comprising:
- a developing container for storing a developer comprising a toner and a magnetic carrier;
first and second conveying passages that are formed in the developing container and sectioned by a partition;
first and second conveying members disposed inside the first and second conveying passages, respectively, to agitate and circulatively convey the developer inside the first and second conveying passages in opposite directions;
a developing roller that supplies the toner contained in the developer in the second developer conveying passage to a photoreceptor drum;
first and second communication paths that connect between the first and second conveying passages at both ends of the partition; and
,a developer flow regulator that regulates the flow of developer from the first conveying passage to the second conveying passage or the flow of developer from the second conveying passage to the first conveying passage, in accordance with the height of the developer surface of the developer.
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Abstract
The developing device includes: a developing container for storing a developer; first and second conveying passages that are formed in the developing container and sectioned by a partition; first and second conveying members disposed inside the first and second conveying passages, respectively, to agitate and circulatively convey the developer through the first and second conveying passages in opposite directions; a developing roller that supplies the developer in the second developer conveying passage to a photoreceptor drum; first and second communication paths that connect between the first and second conveying passages at both ends of the partition; and, a developer flow regulator that regulates the flow of developer moving from the first conveying passage to the second conveying passage, in accordance with the height of the developer surface of the developer.
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5 Claims
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1. A developing device comprising:
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a developing container for storing a developer comprising a toner and a magnetic carrier; first and second conveying passages that are formed in the developing container and sectioned by a partition; first and second conveying members disposed inside the first and second conveying passages, respectively, to agitate and circulatively convey the developer inside the first and second conveying passages in opposite directions; a developing roller that supplies the toner contained in the developer in the second developer conveying passage to a photoreceptor drum; first and second communication paths that connect between the first and second conveying passages at both ends of the partition; and
,a developer flow regulator that regulates the flow of developer from the first conveying passage to the second conveying passage or the flow of developer from the second conveying passage to the first conveying passage, in accordance with the height of the developer surface of the developer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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