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Image forming apparatus having a plurality of developing units

US6198893A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 9, 1999
Grant dateMar 6, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 9, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

A plurality of developing units each includes a case which accommodates toner containing pigment, a developing roller, a supply roller 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 and a conveying fin. The developing roller, supply roller, and conveying fin for each developing unit are angularly arranged in a particular manner.

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