| US 7,596,327 B2 | ||
| Developing cartridge and image forming apparatus | ||
| Naoya Kamimura, Nagoya (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 26, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/526,599. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-282341 (JP), filed on Sep. 28, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0140743 A1, Jun. 21, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—12 [399/13; 399/254] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A developing cartridge comprising:
a developer container that contains a developer;
a developer carrier that carries the developer;
an agitation member that comprises a rotary shaft, agitates the developer in the developer container and supplies the developer
to the developer carrier;
a drive member that is fixed at one end of the rotary shaft and configured to directly transmit a driving force to the rotary
shaft; and
a detected portion that is provided at the other end of the rotary shaft and comprises a phase information provision portion
that contributes to detect that a rotation phase of the rotary shaft falls in a preset reference phase.
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