Patent · US Expired

Developing device

US4406536A · kind A · utility

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27Claims
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Filing dateFeb 3, 1982
Grant dateSep 27, 1983
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Expiry dateFeb 3, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/09
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A magnetic brush type developing device using a one-component system developing agent suitable for use with electrophotographic copying apparatus including a scraper having a magnetic wire disposed in close proximity to a developing sleeve serving as means for agitating and mixing a developing agent used for developing and a fresh supply of the developing agent fed to supplement the developing agent consumed by developing. The scraper includes a nonmagnetic plate provided with a plurality of stays in the form of a comb disposed on a side thereof facing the developing sleeve, and a magnetic wire mounted on the forward end of the stays and arranged in a magnetic field generated by a magnet disposed in the developing sleeve. The magnetic wire and the developing sleeve are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined gap.

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