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Developing apparatus

US5790923A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 6, 1997
Grant dateAug 4, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/0942
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A developing apparatus includes a container, having an opening, for containing magnetic developer; a developer carrying member, rotatably disposed in the opening, for carrying the magnetic developer; a magnetic sealing member disposed spaced from a peripheral surface of the developer carrying member; and a guiding member for guiding the developer inwardly in a longitudinal direction of the developer carrying member, the guiding member being disposed adjacent an end, in a peripheral direction of the developer carrying member, of the magnetic sealing member.

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