Lexmark International, Inc.

Daniel Enrique Alonzo

Matthew Lee Rogers

Gary Allen Denton

Royden Thomas Kern

Katherine Marie Gilliam

Robert Dan Bennett, Iii

Elliott Vincent Jernigan

Dominique Renee Rowe

Robert Dan Iii Bennett

A developer unit according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for storing a developer mix that includes toner and magnetic carrier beads. A magnetic roll includes a stationary core and a sleeve positioned around the core that is rotatable relative to the core. The stationary core includes at least one permanent magnet having circumferentially spaced magnetic poles. An upper and a lower magnetically permeable metal shunt are positioned at each axial end of the magnetic roll. Each upper shunt and each lower shunt is positioned axially outboard of the core and in close proximity to the outer surface of the sleeve.

End sealing and magnetic field truncation of a magnetic roll of a dual component development electrophotographic image forming device

A developer unit according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for storing a developer mix that includes toner and magnetic carrier beads. A magnetic roll includes a stationary core and a sleeve positioned around the core that is rotatable relative to the core. The stationary core includes at least one permanent magnet having circumferentially spaced magnetic poles. An upper and a lower magnetically permeable metal shunt are positioned at each axial end of the magnetic roll. Each upper shunt and each lower shunt is positioned axially outboard of the core and in close proximity to the outer surface of the sleeve. A combination of the upper shunt and the lower shunt at each axial end of the magnetic roll surrounds greater than 180 degrees of the outer surface of the sleeve.

End sealing and magnetic field truncation of a magnetic roll of a dual electrophotographic image forming device

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Manvel, TX, United States of America

Daniel Enrique Alonzo