Developing unit with a member for agitating the toners in a developer
US5034773A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 27, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0819
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A developing unit in which an electrostatic latent image is formed on a photoconductor with toners transported with carriers in a developer. The toners are supplied as needed from a toner hopper. The developing unit includes an agitation roller for agitating the toners supplied from the toner hopper with the developer, and a developer regulating member for regulating the amount of the developer transported along the circumferential surface of the agitation roller toward the area where the developer is agitated and mixed with the toners supplied from the toner hopper.
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