Electrophotography – Image formation – Development
Patent
1996-11-13
1998-05-19
Smith, Matthew S.
Electrophotography
Image formation
Development
399272, 399274, G03G 1509
Patent
active
057549290
ABSTRACT:
A development apparatus having a development sleeve for carrying and transporting a magnetic developer, a regulating roll for controlling the thickness of a layer of the developer on the development sleeve, a first magnetic pole provided in the development sleeve in the vicinity of a position of layer thickness control by the regulating roll, a second magnetic pole provided in the regulating roll to form a magnetic field for restraining the developer in cooperation with the first magnetic pole. The first and second magnetic poles are provided on the upstream side of a straight line connecting a center of the development sleeve and a center of the regulating roll in the direction of transport of the developer by the development sleeve so that the following inequalities are satisfied:
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Itoh Isami
Nonomura Makoto
Tada Tatsuya
Yamamoto Takeshi
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Smith Matthew S.
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