Image forming apparatus
US7764910B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 17, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0634
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including: an image bearing member; and a developer bearing member bearing a developer including a toner and a carrier, the developer bearing member developing an electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member with the developer, and the developer bearing member being applied with an alternate voltage in order to form an alternate electric field between the developer bearing member and the image bearing member, wherein assuming that electric field intensities Eb and Ed be Eb=|(Vp1−VL)/D| and Ed=|(Vp2−VL)/D|, a relationship, 0≧K1>K2, is satisfied, where K1: a gradient at Ed, and K2: a gradient at Eb, and wherein a resistivity ρb of the carrier at the electric field intensity Eb satisfies 1.1×106×en<ρb<6.0×107 [Ω·m] (where: e is the base of natural logarithms; and n=4×Eb×10−7).
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