Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Yuochi Kobayashi

Shinichi Kamiyama

An apparatus for the development of an electrostatic latent image in a magnification-variable copier which is capable of preventing the development of black frames on the outer circumference of copying portion when the reproduction is to be performed on a reduced scale. For this purpose, the apparatus includes a developing electrode which is divided into a plurality of units, such that a proper biasing potential is applied to the copying portion, and a high biasing potential is applied to other portions, whereby the developing is not effected for the unnecessary portions.

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Yokohama, Japan

Yuochi Kobayashi