Patent ID: 8488992
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A development device to develop a latent image formed on a latent image carrier with developer, the development device comprising: a toner-containing chamber for containing supplied toner, having an interior wall; a developer-containing chamber for containing developer including toner and carrier, communicating with the toner-containing chamber; a transport screw to transport the supplied toner from the toner-containing chamber to the developer-containing chamber, disposed in the toner-containing chamber; and a gap filler interposed between the outer edge of the transport screw and the interior wall of the toner-containing chamber in a portion lower than a level of the supplied toner in the toner-containing chamber so that there is no gap between the outer edge of the transport screw and the interior wall of the toner-containing chamber in a portion lower than a level of the supplied toner in the toner-containing chamber, the gap filler attached to the interior wall of the toner-containing chamber.