Electrophotography – Image formation – Development
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-25
2008-08-12
Lee, Susan S (Department: 2852)
Electrophotography
Image formation
Development
C399S277000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07412194
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a developing apparatus that can effectively prevent generation of a ghost due to poor detachment of a developer after development, and generation of unevenness in density between a left part and a right part of an image region due to lack of an amount of the developer transported. The developing apparatus satisfies the relationshipin-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"?r+R≦d≦3r+Rin-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"?where r denotes a rotational radius of a second developer transporting screw, R denotes a rotational radius of a development roller, and d denotes a center distance between the second developer transporting screw and the development roller. The developing apparatus also satisfies the relationshipin-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="lead"?M0≧(mg0×v×l)/0.02in-line-formulae description="In-line Formulae" end="tail"?where mg0 (g/mm2) denotes an amount of a toner per unit area that is supplied from the development roller to an electrostatic latent image having 100% image coverage which is formed on a photosensitive drum, v (mm/s) denotes a rotational peripheral velocity of the photosensitive drum, l (mm) denotes a maximum printing width on the photosensitive drum, and M0 (g/s) denotes an amount of the developer transported per unit time by the second developer transporting screw in a second developer transport direction.
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Hayashi Kazumasa
Okuda Akinobu
Ootsuka Masao
Takahashi Naoki
Toyoda Akinori
Greenblum & Bernstein P.L.C.
Lee Susan S
Matsushita Electric - Industrial Co., Ltd.
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