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Developer carrier capable of forming microfields thereon and method of producing the same

US5674408A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 4, 1995
Grant dateOct 7, 1997
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/0863
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A developer carrier capable of forming microfields on the surface thereof and a method of producing such a developer carrier. A great amount of sufficiently charged one-component developer is carried on the surface of the developer carrier by the microfields and transported to a developing station for developing an electrostatic latent image. The developer carrier has a simple structure and is easy and economical to produce.

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