Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer supply apparatus and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 显影剂供应装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12884992Application Date: 2010-09-17
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Publication No.: US08526865B2Publication Date: 2013-09-03
- Inventor: Kenjiro Nishiwaki
- Applicant: Kenjiro Nishiwaki
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2008-068795 20080318
- Main IPC: G03G15/01
- IPC: G03G15/01

Abstract:
An image forming device is provided which includes a developer carrying body and a developer supply device to supply a developer to the developer carrying body. The developer supply device includes a plurality of transfer electrodes, and a transfer voltage applying unit to apply traveling-wave shaped transfer voltages to the plurality of transfer electrodes. The developer includes a fine particle charged in a predetermined polarity and a fine particle charged in a polarity opposite to the predetermined polarity. The transfer voltage applying unit is configured to apply the transfer voltages having waveforms, which make a fly height of the fine particle charged in the predetermined polarity higher than a fly height of the fine particle charged in the opposite polarity, to the plurality of transfer electrodes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110002716A1 Developer Supply Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2011-01-06
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