Developing roller, and method and apparatus for developing latent images using the roller
US5565968A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 1, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0861
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A developing roller comprising a conductive layer formed around a shaft carries a non-magnetic one-component developer on its outer surface to form a thin film of the developer and contacts a photoconductor drum having an electrostatic latent image borne on its surface whereby the latent image is developed to form a toner image. In one embodiment, the surface of the conductive layer has a DIN 4776 core roughness depth Rk of 0.5-3.5 .mu.m in a circumferential direction of the roller, and the ratio of circumferential Rk to axial Rk is greater than 1.0. In another embodiment, the surface of the conductive layer is provided with microscopic ridges and recesses which are alternately disposed in a rotational direction to define wavy streaks having a longitudinal direction substantially aligned with an axial direction of the roller.
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