Electrophotography – Image formation – Development
Patent
1996-09-11
2000-04-25
Beatty, Robert
Electrophotography
Image formation
Development
399272, G03G 1509
Patent
active
060554010
ABSTRACT:
A developing apparatus of an electrophotographic apparatus includes a housing for accommodating a developer, first, second and third developing rollers are rotatably disposed in the housing and arranged opposite to a photoconductor drum for conveying a developer carried on respective surfaces of the developing rollers, and a conveyor roller rotatably disposed in the housing for conveying the developer carried on a surface thereof to one of the developing rollers. First and second screw conveyors are disposed in the housing for conveying the developer in an axial direction opposite to each other. Each of these conveyors has an axial length larger than an axial length of the developing rollers. A partition wall is disposed between the first and second screw conveyors. A toner container for accommodating a toner is mounted on the housing. The toner in the toner container is supplied into the housing and agitators agitate the toner in the housing. A first doctor blade regulates the developer carried on the conveyor roller, a second doctor blade regulates the developer on the first developing roller, and scrapers scrape the developer from the second and third developing rollers.
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Hino Toshio
Nagatomi Tsutomu
Naito Hiroaki
Ohyama Masaaki
Sato Hiroshi
Beatty Robert
Fujitsu Limited
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