Developing apparatus having regulating blade

Details Developing apparatus having regulating blade Developing apparatus having regulating blade

1997-06-10

1999-04-20

Beatty, Robert

Electrophotography

Image formation

Development

G03G 1508

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active

058951512

ABSTRACT:
A developing apparatus includes a developer container for containing a developer; a developer carrying member, disposed in an opening of the developer container, for carrying the developer; an elastic blade for forming a nip between the developer carrying member to regulate an amount of the developer on the developer carrying member; wherein a distance between the nip and an outwardly extending upstream end of the elastic blade with respect to a movement direction of the developer carrying member continuously increases from a longitudinal end of the elastic blade toward longitudinally central portion.

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