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Developer carrier of a developing device and a method of producing the same

US5172169A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 9, 1991
Grant dateDec 15, 1992
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Expiry dateApr 9, 2011

Classification

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

Abstract

A developer carrier constituting a developing roller which carries a developer on the surface thereof where numerous microfields are developed. The developing roller has a conductive base and a plurality of different kinds of substances each having a particular charging characteristic. The different kinds of substances show themselves on the surface of the base in a regular or irregular pattern, and each is charged to a particular polarity.

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