Patent · US Expired

Developing device

US5812909A · kind A · utility

61Cited by
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10Claims
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Filing dateJul 30, 1997
Grant dateSep 22, 1998
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2017

Classification

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

Abstract

A developing device includes a container for containing a magnetic developer therein, a developer carrier for carrying and conveying the magnetic developer in the container, a magnetic member for forming a magnetic seal area of a predetermined gap with respect to the surface of the developer carrier in the end portions of the developer carrier along the circumferential direction of the developer carrier. The magnetic member has a plurality of magnetic poles along the circumferential direction of the developer carrier in the magnetic seal area, and an external magnetic pole provided outside the endmost magnetic pole forming the magnetic seal for conveying a magnetic flux travelling from the endmost magnetic pole toward the outside of the magnetic seal area.

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