Developing apparatus featuring first and second developer chambers and guide member for directing stripped-off developer
US6229980A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 11, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 8, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/0822
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A developing apparatus has a developer carrying member for carrying a developer thereon and conveying it to a developing area opposed to an image bearing member, an agitating member for agitating the developer to be supplied to the developer carrying member and a stripping device for stripping off the developer having passed the developing area from the developer carrying member wherein the developer stripped off from the developer carrying member by the stripping device is guided to a position farther from the developer carrying member than a position at which the agitating member is disposed.
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