US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Sept. 22 for "Developing device including spiral blade for conveying developer while rotating and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,039, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Developing device including spiral blade for conveying developer while rotating and image forming apparatus" was invented by Yuzo Harada (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developing device includes a housing, a replenishment port, a spiral blade, a discharge port, and a regulating member. The housing houses a developer. Through the replenishment port, the developer is replenished to the housing. The spiral blade stirs the developer in the housing while conveying the developer in a predetermined conveyance direction. Through the dis...