Method and apparatus for image developing capable of using developer in a magnet brush form
US6449452B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 10, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/0921
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image developing apparatus includes a latent image carrying member and a developer carrying member. The developer carrying member carries developer which forms a magnetic brush on a surface thereof and causes the magnetic brush to brush a surface of the latent image carrying member in the developing region so that the latent image on the latent image carrying member is visualized. In the apparatus, a developing nip is formed relatively small so that a time period in which a toner of the magnetic brush moves to the developer carrying member back from the latent image carrying member is reduced and a density of the magnetic brush is increased. A developing magnetic pole of the developer carrying member has specific half-angle and attenuation rate values.
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