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Developing roller and apparatus

US5878313A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 1997
Grant dateMar 2, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 26, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29L2031/324
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A developing roller (1) includes a highly conductive shaft (2) and a conductive elastic layer (3). When the developing roller carring a one-component developer thereon comes in contact with or in proximity to an image forming body, the developer is supplied from the roller to a surface of the image forming body, thereby forming a visible image on the image forming body surface. The elastic layer (3) has applied to its surface a resin component having an elongation at rupture of less than 10% as measured according to JIS K7113. The developing roller ensures that images of high quality are reproduced without a drop of image density over a long period of time.

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