Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
Development device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
A development device includes a development portion, to develop a latent image formed on a latent image carrier with developer, disposed close to the latent image carrier; a developer agitation container to agitate the developer, provided separately from the development portion; a transport system connecting the development portion and the developer agitation container, through which the developer is transported from the developer agitation container to the development portion by air; and a developer retainer to temporarily retain the developer, disposed downstream from the transport system, to which the developer remaining in the transport system escapes.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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G03G
inventional
Hiroshi Natsumi Tomoya Junichi Yasuo
Kikuchi Matsue Ohmura Matsumoto Takuma