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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1977
Hitoshi Nishihama, Hirakata, JP;
Katsuhiko Gotoda, Osaka, JP;
Minoru Motomura, Nara, JP;
Takanobu Nakajima, Kashihara, JP;
Tatsuo Aizawa, Osaka, JP;
Mita Industrial Company Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of an electrostatic latent image-bearing material by applying a powdery developer, wherein means are provided for bringing the surface of a developer-retaining member retaining a layer of the powdery developer thereon into rolling contact with the surface of the image-bearing material in such a relation that a reservoir zone of the developer is formed at least upstream of the zone of rolling contact between the two surfaces, and means are provided for physically disturbing the developer in the reservoir zone to cause the developer to make an irregular motion.