US Patent Issued to CANON on Aug. 18 for "Developing apparatus including protruding portion overlapping discharge port" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,709, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Developing apparatus including protruding portion overlapping discharge port" was invented by Toshiya Ohata (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developing apparatus includes a first conveyance screw including a first blade member and a second blade member, a discharge path, and a magnet. The first conveyance screw further includes a third blade member arranged in the discharge path, arranged downstream of the second blade member in a first direction, and configured to convey the developer in the first direction. A discharge port is arranged downstream of an upstr...