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Image forming apparatus

US8824938B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 5, 2012
Grant dateSep 2, 2014
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/0928
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus, wherein the packing density at a closest point where the first peripheral surface and the second peripheral surface are the closest to each other is within a range from 0.3 to 0.4; wherein a maximum magnetic flux density of a principal magnetic pole for generating the magnetic field for development is located in an upstream side from the closest point with respect to the specified direction and at a point where the packing density is equal to or greater than 0.2; and wherein a magnetic flux density of the principal magnetic pole at a point where the packing density is 0.2 in a downstream side from the closest point with respect to the specified direction is equal to or less than ½ of a magnetic flux density of the principal magnetic pole at a point where the packing density is 0.2 in the upstream side.

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