US 12,292,704 B2
Image forming apparatus and process cartridge including development housing at which slope for toner is provided
Shougo Sato, Seto (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/480,069.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-179923 (JP), filed on Nov. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0152076 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0865 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0877 (2013.01); G03G 15/0874 (2013.01); G03G 21/1814 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0673 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0678 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0682 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a photosensitive drum rotatable about a drum axis extending in a first direction; and
a development unit including:
a development housing configured to store toner, the development housing including two side walls, a first wall, and a second wall, the first wall connecting the two side walls, the second wall being located away from the first wall and connecting the two side walls; and
a development roller rotatable about a development axis extending in the first direction, the development roller being configured to supply the toner in the development housing to the photosensitive drum,
the development housing including:
a reception port configured to receive toner from a toner container configured to store the toner to be supplied to the development housing, the reception port being located away from the development roller in a second direction crossing the first direction, the reception on being formed at the first wall; and
a slope located below the reception port in the development housing, the slope including a first slope portion and a second slope portion, the first slope portion being inclined downward away from the reception port in the first direction, the second slope portion being inclined downward toward the development roller in the second direction, the slope being formed at the second wall.