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Developer carrier with a dielectric layer having a frequency characteristic confined in a predetermined range

US5136335A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 1991
Grant dateAug 4, 1992
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/0818
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A developing device for use in an image forming apparatus and having a developing roller, developing sleeve or similar developer carrier for supplying a one-component developer, or toner, to a latent image which is electrostatically formed on an image carrier such as a photoconductive element. A dielectric layer forming part of the developer carrier and closely related to the fluctuation of developing characteristic has a frequency characteristic which is confined in a predetermined range. Hence, the device is operable in a desirable manner by confining the fluctuation of developing characteristic ascribable to that of developing linear speed in a predetermined range without resorting to the actual measurement of a response characteristic of a developer carrier.

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