Patent ID: 8971789
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A development device, comprising: a housing having a bottom part that extends in substantially parallel with a medium carrying direction; a development part provided in the housing and configured to develop a developer image on a surface of an electrostatic latent image carrier based on an image signal; a transfer part configured to transfer the developer image to a medium; and a guide part having a first edge and a second edge that is opposite from the first edge, the first edge and the second edge extending in a direction perpendicular to the medium carrying direction and in parallel with the development part, the guide part being configured the transfer part has a width in the direction perpendicular to the medium carrying direction, and the guide part is a rectangular shape member that is fixedly attached to an exit side of the bottom part of the housing and that is disposed to face the carrying path along the transfer part in a region corresponding to the entire width of the transfer part, the guide part is wider in the medium carrying direction than a width of the exit side of the bottom part of the housing, such that the first edge of the guide part extends further towards an upstream side of the medium carrying direction than an upstream side edge of the bottom part, and that the second edge of the guide part extends further towards a downstream side of the medium carrying direction than a downstream side edge of the bottom part, the first edge and the second edge of the guide part each have a length in the direction perpendicular to the medium carrying direction that is substantially the same as a length of the development part.