G03G2221/0094

Developing device provided with a toner trapping mechanism

The image forming apparatus includes a developing part and a vibration generating part. The vibration generating part vibrates a filter provided in the developing part. The developing part includes a development container, a developer carrier, and a toner trapping mechanism. The development container includes a first conveyance chamber and a second conveyance chamber placed in parallel juxtaposition. The toner trapping mechanism has a duct, an air inlet port, an air exhaust port, and a filter. The air inlet port is opened along the longitudinal direction of the second conveyance chamber so as to allow air present in the second conveyance chamber to flow into the duct. The vibration generating part is placed outside the developing part so as to be opposed to the development container and positioned on a downstream side in a developer conveyance direction of the second conveyance chamber.

DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

A developing apparatus includes a developing roll that holds developer and is rotated; an image holder that is disposed to face the developing roll and is rotated; and a suction duct that is provided with a suction port formed to correspond to at least both end portions of the developing roll, sucks the developer from an image holder side via the suction port, and has a developer separation structure that is disposed adjacent to the suction port and separates the developer from an airflow by changing a direction of the airflow in the suction duct.

Image forming apparatus
12613492 · 2026-04-28 · ·

Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: a door configured to open a conveying path between a transfer portion for forming a toner image on a recording material and a fixing portion for fixing the toner image, the door facing a surface of the recording material traveling through the conveying path; a duct provided on the door, the duct having an intake inlet and an exhaust outlet; a fan provided inside the duct, which generates the air flow travelling from the intake inlet to the exhaust outlet; and a filter provided detachably attachable to the duct, which collects particles with a predetermined particle diameter, wherein the filter has a width that is equal to or greater than an image width of a recording material with a maximum width passing through a fixing nip portion in a widthwise direction perpendicular to a conveying direction of the recording material.