Oliff & Berridge, PLC
Image forming apparatus and process cartridge and developing unit for the image forming apparatus with efficient toner replenishing
An image forming apparatus has a latent image forming unit for forming a latent image on an image carrying body and a developing unit for visualizing the latent image formed on the image carrying body by using a developer. In the image forming apparatus, for the developing unit, a developer replenishment box is communicatively connected to a developing housing in which a developer is contained, and the developer replenishment box is disposed in an upstream of a latent image writing position P on the image carrying body. The developer replenishment box is contained in a process cartridge.
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd
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Atsuna Manabu Takaharu Hidekazu
Saiki Saito Abe Amamoto