ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,674, issued on June 10, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Developing device and method of agitating initial developer inside developing device" was invented by Koshin Sekiya (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developing device includes a developer carrier, first and second chambers, first and second communication portions, first and second conveyance screws, a pair of sealing members, and a drive transmission gear. The developer carrier carries developer containing toner and carrier for developing an electrostatic image formed on an image carrier. The second chamber is partitioned from the first chamber. The first conv...