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Developing unit

US6336022B2 · kind B2 · utility

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1Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 5, 2001
Grant dateJan 1, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 5, 2021

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 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 toner is mixed by conveying fins which have phases that are different in such a manner that the loads are uniform in rotation

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