Developing method for an image forming apparatus and developing device using the same
US7027760B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 19, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G13/09
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A developing method and apparatus of the present invention develops a latent image formed on an image carrier with a two-ingredient type developer, which consists of toner grain and carrier grains, deposited on a developer carrier in the form of a brush. A distance L between a zero field point at which the magnetic field of a main magnet is zero and the image carrier is 4 mm or smaller.
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