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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1980
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1978
Teruyuki Ohnuma, Yokohama, JP;
Kaoru Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichi Miyakawa, Nagareyama, JP;
Hajime Oyama, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A development apparatus for developing a latent electrostatic image formed on a photoconductor with a one-component type developer has a charging device comprising at least two charging members for charging the developer held in a developer container. The first charging member serves both as a doctor blade and for regulating the amount of the developer on the development roller, and the second charging member charges the developer before it is charged by the first charging member. In the second charging member, there is formed a hole for allowing the developer to pass therethrough. The developer scraped by the first charging member is returned to the developer container through the hole and part of the scraped developer is carried back to the first charging member, so that a developer circulation path is formed in the charging device. While passing through the developer circulation path, the developer is charged further, whereby the developer is sufficiently charged before it is actually used for development.