- Patent Title: Developing apparatus, developer for electrophotographic image formation, electrophotographic image forming method, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US18052977Application Date: 2022-11-07
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Publication No.: US11934145B2Publication Date: 2024-03-19
- Inventor: Minoru Masuda , Tohru Suganuma , Masashi Nagayama , Hiroyuki Kishida , Kento Takeuchi , Kaede Masuko , Tomomi Suzuki , Takuya Suganuma , Kazuki Yogosawa
- Applicant: Minoru Masuda , Tohru Suganuma , Masashi Nagayama , Hiroyuki Kishida , Kento Takeuchi , Kaede Masuko , Tomomi Suzuki , Takuya Suganuma , Kazuki Yogosawa
- Applicant Address: JP Shizuoka
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: IPUSA, PLLC
- Priority: JP 21204343 2021.12.16
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16 ; G03G9/083 ; G03G21/00

Abstract:
A developing apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image bearer, a developing sleeve, a case, and an air filter. The case accommodates a two-component developer and the developing sleeve. The air filter is attached to the case. The air filter has a thickness of 2 to 20 mm and has a density gradient with a pressure loss of 2 to 40 Pa at a wind speed of 10 cm/s. The air filter forms an airflow sucked into the case from a gap between the developing sleeve and the case and forms an airflow discharged from the case through the air filter. The two-component developer accommodated in the case contains a magnetic particle a surface of which is coated with a resin layer. The resin layer contains at least one type of chargeable particle.
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