Mita Industrial Co., Ltd.

Mita Industrial

Masao Uyama

Masahiko Maeda

Shoji Tomita

Masayuki Nakashima

Kenichiro Kitajima

Nariaki Tanaka

Kazuhiro Mizude

Takashi Terada

Mitsuji Tsujita

Tomohiro Tsutano

Takuji Terada

Kouji Unemo

Kisaku Koshijima

A latent electrostatic image developing device for use in developing a latent electrostatic image to a toner image in an image forming machine. The device includes a developing roller within a development housing for holding a developer on its surface in a developer holding zone and conveying the developer, which is held to a developing zone, in order to apply it to a latent electrostatic image. A restricting portion has a blade which includes a rigid part for acting on the surface of the developing roller in a developer restricting zone located between the developer holding zone and the developing zone in order to restrict the amount of the developer held on the surface. The blade is caused to protrude to the upstream side as viewed in the direction of movement of the developing roller, and that border of its protrusion facing the developing roller is provided with a C 0.1 to 0.6 mm chamfer (C being the JIS designation for a 45 degree chamfer).

Latent electrostatic image developing device having regulating blade

An apparatus for developing an electrostatic latent image includes a developing agent application device which holds the developing agent on the surface thereof in the developing agent-holding zone, and conveys the thus held developing agent into a developing zone to apply it onto the electrostatic latent image. A limiting device is included for limiting the amount of the developing agent held on the surface of the developing agent application device in a developing agent limiting zone located between the developing agent holding zone and the developing zone. The limiting device includes a blade made of a rigid member that is brought into forced contact with the surface of the developing agent application device, a blade support device for supporting the blade in a manner such that a first surface thereof is forced into contact with the surface of the developing agent application device, and a resilient urging device which is disposed on a side of a second surface of the blade. The blade support device includes lower support members for supporting the lower end at the blade. The application device has an Asker C hardness between 67 to 85, the blade exerts a line pressure of 40 to 90 g/cm, and the developing agent thickness is limited in the range of 20 to 27 .mu.m.

Apparatus for developing an electrostatic latent image having limiting

An image forming apparatus includes a charge removing device for removing the residual charge on a photosensitive film. The light emitted from an optical source of the charge removing device is selected from the range between the wavelengths which correspond to half of the maximum absorbance in a light absorbance characteristic of the photosensitive film. Since carrier generation does not occur by the light emitted by the charge removing device, the charging ability and the charge retaining ability of the photosensitive film are improved, and the image quality is significantly improved.

Image forming apparatus

An apparatus for developing an electrostatic latent image which includes a developing agent application assembly and a limiting device for limiting the amount of the developing agent held on the surface of the developing agent application assembly. The limiting device is made of a rigid member such as a sheet glass and its one surface is brought into forced contact with the surface of the developing agent application assembly.

Developing device with rigid member toner limiting means

A developing device constructed such that a rotational axis of a transmission gear which is engaged with a gear attached to the photosensitive drum of an image forming apparatus is fixed in relation the photosensitive drum gear in order to transmit the rotational force of the photosensitive drum to the developing roller via gears, and at the same time the transmission gear axis is rockably suspended and supported as a supporting axis of the developing unit, the developing roller gear is linked with a transmission gear by means of a plurality of gears, and a force which acts to keep the developing unit away from the photosensitive drum is decreased.

Developing device

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Osaka, Japan

Masao Uyama