Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Development device and image forming apparatus including the development device
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Application No.: US17373076Application Date: 2021-07-12
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Publication No.: US11294300B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Nobuhiro Maezawa
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JPJP2020-123083 20200717
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A development device includes a development housing, a development roller, a supply roller and a layer thickness regulating member. The development housing stores a nonmagnetic one-component toner. The development roller is formed by a cylindrical elastic body. The supply roller includes a metal shaft member and a cylindrical foamed elastic body, and supplies the toner to the development roller and collects the toner from the development roller. The supply roller has an electric resistance within a range of 1×102Ω or more and 1×104Ω or less. The supply roller comes into contact with the circumferential face of the development roller in a state where a compression load within a range of 0.2 N or more and 1.5 N or less is applied to the shaft member of the supply roller in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the shaft member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220019155A1 DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT DEVICE Public/Granted day:2022-01-20
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