Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Image forming apparatus having two developer storage units, process cartridge having two developer storage units, and recycling method thereof
A first developer storage unit 116a is provided under a horizontal line which is extended from a latent image writing position &#8220;P&#8221; where a latent image is written in an image carrier 44, and a developer-storing housing unit 70 is provided above the horizontal line extended from the latent image writing position of the image carrier. Since a stirring/transporting member is rotatably supported in a stirring/transporting member hole 115a which is formed in this developer-storing housing unit 70, a second developer storage unit is constructed.
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
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Atsuna Manabu
Saiki Saito