Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Developer container, development device, process unit, and image forming apparatus
A developer container includes a container body in which a developer containing chamber and a discharge outlet are formed, a developer conveyance member disposed inside the developer containing chamber and including a first conveyance portion and a second conveyance portion downstream from the first conveyance portion in a developer conveyance director, a canopy disposed inside the container body and facing the discharge outlet, a developer conveyance chamber defined by the canopy and an inner face of the container body in which the discharge outlet is formed, and a return opening formed in the canopy downstream from the discharge outlet. A developer conveyance velocity (Q2) of the second conveyance portion of the developer conveyance member to transports the developer toward the return opening is slower than a developer conveyance velocity (Q1) of the first conveyance portion of the developer conveyance member.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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inventional additional inventional
Tomohiro Naoki Masanari Shoh Yoshiyuki
Kubota Nakatake Fujita Tsuritani Shimizu