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Developing method for an image forming apparatus and developing device using the same

US7027760B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 2002
Grant dateApr 11, 2006
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Expiry dateApr 4, 2023

Classification

  • 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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