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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5875379 | Developing device capable of preventing cracking of developer due to pressing of a developer layer controlling member A developing device according to the present invention has a developer carrying member for conveying a developer to a developing area opposite to an image carrying member with the developer held on its surface and a controlling member for controlling the ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5867756 | Developing device with an auger roller for providing a fresh and consistent stream of developer in an image forming apparatus A developing device for use in an image forming apparatus is constructed such that a pair of upper and lower auger rollers 35 and 34 are arranged in the vicinity of a toner supply port 21A, thereby to transport toner from the toner supply port 21A through... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5867758 | Developer thickness-controlling blade and production process thereof as well as electrographic imaging device A blade controls a layer thickness of the developer and/or triboelectrically charges the developer on a surface of the developing roller in an electrographic imaging device. The blade is a longitudinally extended member made by punching a thin resilient p... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5863329 | Ceramic composite doctor blade It is an object to obtain a blade 1 with which coating or scraping can satisfactorily be performed and which is able to protect a plate-like member 3 from being broken. A blade having a ceramic plate-like member 3 having an edge 3a and secured to the surf... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5860050 | Developer carrying member, developing assembly, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge A developer carrying member includes a substrate, the surface of which is covered with a conducting layer. The conducting layer contains a binder resin and conducting spherical particles dispersed therein having a number average particle diameter of from ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5845184 | Developing unit having improved toner density control A developing apparatus is provided for developing an electrostatic latent image on a latent image carrier by supplying the latent image carrier with a developer. This developing apparatus includes a toner accommodating chamber for accommodating magnetic t... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5819145 | Image forming device for forming a uniform toner layer on a developing roller An image forming device which allows reducing a linear velocity ratio of a developing roller against a sensitive body, which enables a pole pitch of a magnetic field generating layer to be miniaturized, and which generates a uniform and adequately thick t... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5815781 | Development device A development device of this invention includes a developer carrier for transporting a developer to a development region opposite to an image bearing body as binding the developer thereto by means of a magnetic force, and a regulating member opposing the ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5812911 | Method of electrostatically forming visual image An electrophotographic image-forming method in which a thin layer of a developer is formed on a developing roll by an elastic doctor blade tangentially contacting with the surface of the developing roll, and an image-bearing member and the developing roll... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5797076 | Abrasive shim compliant doctor blade A compliant doctor blade has a metal bar (13) with bottom attached by dual side adhesive tape (15) to a resilient layer of porous foam (7). The bottom of the foam layer is attached by dual side adhesive tape (8) to a shim (1), which is stiff in the direct... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5781836 | Developing device having regualting rotary member for regulating toner amount A developing device for an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine, a printer, or the like to develop an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier includes a toner carrier which moves while carrying a toner on its surface, and a regulating ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5771426 | Developing device using a toner and carrier mixture In a developing device for an image forming apparatus and of the type using a developer consisting of toner and magnetic carrier, a toner hopper has an opening for replenishing toner stored therein. The developer is regulated by a doctor blade to form a t... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5765080 | Magnetic development zone toner supply enhancement A method and apparatus for delivering a uniform supply of toner to a development zone in an electrostatographic system is disclosed. Additional toner control in the form of magnets located near the donor member attract toner to the toner pick-up area and ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5761588 | Image forming apparatus with member for regulating an amount of developer on a developer transporting member A developing device which develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an image-bearing member in an image forming apparatus. The developing device has a developer transporting member for transporting a developer to the image-bearing member, and a rot... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5754929 | Development apparatus A development apparatus having a development sleeve for carrying and transporting a magnetic developer, a regulating roll for controlling the thickness of a layer of the developer on the development sleeve, a first magnetic pole provided in the developmen... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5729806 | Curved developer amount controlling member, developing apparatus, and process cartridge using the same A developer amount controlling member which has a support layer for controlling pressure and an elastic layer for controlling triboelectricity provided thereon, wherein both end portions of the developer amount controlling member are curved from the centr... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5722022 | Device for regulating thickness of toner layer on developing roller An electrophotographic processor containing an image forming apparatus such as a laser printer, a copying machine, and a facsimile machine, is capable of regulating the thickness of toner layer formed on a developing roller so as to be a mono-layer. The e... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5708941 | Developing apparatus using non-magnetic spherical toner particles An apparatus for developing an image by using spherical non-magnetic toner particles has a latent image carrier on which a latent image is formed by a potential contrast, a toner transporter having a surface for transporting the spherical non-magnetic ton... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5702812 | Compliant doctor blade A compliant doctor blade having excellent toner metering capabilities is disclosed. The doctor blade includes a compliant laminate (3) having a resin film backing layer and carrying a binder which contains abrasive particles, such as silicon carbide parti... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5689783 | Elastic blade and developing device using the same An elastic blade is provided with a rubber layer and a surface resin layer provided on the rubber layer, the surface resin layer satisfying the following condition: 3ࣘE×tࣘ30, where E: elastic modulus of the surface resin layer (Kg/cm2); t: thic... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5682585 | Developing apparatus generating electric field between developer carrying member and developer layer regulating member A developing apparatus includes a developer carrying member for carrying developer, opposed to an image bearing member for bearing an electrostatic image; a regulating member for regulating an amount of the developer to be applied on the developer carryin... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5634182 | Method of developing electrostatic latent image A method of developing an electrostatic latent image on a rotating image-bearing member with a magnetic developer in which a developing roll consist of only a permanent magnet member and the peripheral speed of the developing roll is regulated to be nearl... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5621505 | Developing apparatus having rotatable developer supply member for developer carrying member A developing apparatus includes a developer carrying member for carrying a magnetic developer. The developer carrying member is provided with a plurality of magnetic poles. The apparatus also includes a regulating member for regulating the layer thickness... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5617189 | Developing unit for thoroughly supplying mixed toner in an electrostatographic printer A developing unit including a housing having an opening defining a developing zone, an applicator for applying particulate developer through the opening towards an electrostatographic image to be developed, and a paddle wheel for agitating developer withi... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5610693 | Developing device for an image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus, a developing device of the type developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier by using single-component type toner has a regulating member for regulating the amount of the toner fed thereto, a first con... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5596392 | Magnetic seal provided at an end portion of the developer carrying member A developing apparatus including a developer container for accommodating a developer having magnetic particles; a rotatable developer carrying member, provided in a opening of the the developer container for carrying the developer; a magnet in the develop... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5589917 | Donor rolls with magnetically coupled (Transformer) commutation A donor roll for transporting marking particles to an electrostatic latent image recorded on a surface is provided. The donor roll includes a rotatably mounted body and an electrode member mounted on the body. The donor roll further includes a magneticall... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5585895 | Developing device and process cartridge with it An elastic regulating member for regulating thickness of a layer of developer conveyed to a developing station by a rotatable developing sleeve is abutted against the developing sleeve. At a toner return inlet of a container associated with the developing... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5583622 | Developing apparatus having a limiting member for limiting and separating a tip of a developer brush The present invention is directed to the provision of a developing apparatus that can prevent copy quality degradation. The invention comprises a developing sleeve for supplying toner to a photoconductor drum surface, and a brush-thickness control member ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5581334 | Electrostatic image developing device having toner flow control and lumps formation prevention ability In an electrostatic image developing device for electrical photocopiers, a magnetizable one-component toner, initially contained in a removable container, is fed, by the action of a rotating flexible strip, through a development chamber towards a rotating... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5581336 | Developing device preventing scattering of developing agent by conductive member A developing device is provided with a developing container for accommodating developing agent including toner, a rotating developing agent carrier is arranged to face an image carrier carrying an electrostatic image for carrying the developing agent, and... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5576813 | Developing device having a dispersion blocking plate and electrostatic recording device including the same The present invention relates to a developing device which is arranged in an image forming device such as an electronic photo printer and an electrostatic recording-type printer and which develops developer on an electrostatic latent carrier transferring ... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5570168 | Development process An apparatus for developing an image with spherical toner particles has a latent image carrier on which a latent image is formed by a potential contrast, a toner transporter having a surface for transporting the spherical toner particles to the latent ima... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5570166 | Developing apparatus that applies voltage to developer layer thickness regulating member An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing an electrostatic image; a developer carrying member, opposed to the image bearing member, for carrying a one component developer which is charged to a predetermined polarity by fricti... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5565966 | Image forming method for setting a developing gap A sleeveless magnet roller is formed of at least magnetic powder and resin. It is so arranged that, letting a developing gap Ds be the gap between an image-bearing member for holding an electrostatic latent image and a developer conveying member and a doc... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5550619 | Electrophotographic apparatus of improved low image density An electrophotographic apparatus includes a photoconductor drum, also known as an electrostatic latent image holding member, with a magnet placed therein. An electrostatic latent image is formed on the magnetic drum. Then, the drum is brought into contact... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5545840 | Developing device in electrophotographic apparatus including developing poll configuration while stably carries developer A developing device in an electrophotographic apparatus, wherein a pole c1 which is a delivering magnetic pole of the second developing roll for delivering the developer to the first developing roll and a pole d1 which is a receiving... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5532803 | Developing apparatus with improved toner conveyance A developing unit in use with an image forming apparatus such as a printer and a copier. The developing unit includes: a photoreceptor for holding a toner image; two-component developer consisting of toner and magnetic carrier; a developing sleeve, locate... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5519472 | Developing apparatus using elastic blade A developing apparatus includes a developer carrying member for carrying developer, an elastic blade press-contacted to the developer carrying member to regulate a layer of developer formed on the developer carrying member, where the elastic blade compris... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5516982 | Developing apparatus having developer regulating member Regulating parts E, F, of a developing agent regulating member 6, are arranged opposite to a photosensitive drum 7 with respect to a line connecting the centers of a developing roll 5 having a sleeve rotating in the direction of a and a developing roll 8 ... | 05/14/1996 |
