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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2019
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shota Iriyama, Toyokawa, JP;
Keigo Nakajima, Nagoya, JP;
Kengo Yada, Seki, JP;
Kei Katagiri, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuaki Ooka, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A development device includes a housing, a development roller, and a layer thickness regulating blade, the layer thickness regulating blade including a support sheet metal and a blade rubber section, the blade rubber section including a contact portion and an extension, the contact portion contacting the development roller, the extension extending from the contact portion, the extension including a curved surface portion having a curved surface, the curved surface being formed to be closer to the support sheet metal in a thickness direction of the support sheet metal as being farther away from the contact portion, the curved surface having a curvature radius equal to or more than 1.5 mm and equal to or less than 3.0 mm, the curved surface portion having a height equal to or less than 1.0 mm in the thickness direction.