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Developing unit having developing roller with specific side surface roughness

US6094554A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 9, 1999
Grant dateJul 25, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 9, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/0861
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A developing unit of the present invention includes a case which accommodates toner containing pigment, a developing roller, a supply roller having chamfered ends and formed of an elastic member arranged to be pressed against a surface of the developing roller in such a manner as to supply toner to the surface of the developing roller. The side surfaces of the developing roller have a surface roughness of 0.5 .mu.m or smaller in Rmax.

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