Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Development device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15427385Application Date: 2017-02-08
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Publication No.: US09989882B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Toshiaki Shima , Masanori Kawada , Yohei Ito , Shinya Tokutake , Hiroaki Umemoto
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC
- Priority: JP2016-026851 20160216
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G15/09

Abstract:
A development device includes: a developer carrier including a magnet roller and a sleeve around the magnet roller; and a restriction member provided opposed to the sleeve surface. When a region on the surface opposed to the restriction member is defined as a first region and regions adjacent to the first region are defined as second and third regions, a magnetic flux density is largest in the second region. When a position where the density is largest in the second region is defined as a reference position, a position where the density is a predetermined value in the second region is defined as a downstream position, and a position where the density is the predetermined value in the third region is defined as an upstream position, the width between the reference position and the upstream position is longer than the width between the reference position and the downstream position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170235248A1 DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-08-17
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