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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1981
Yasuyuki Tamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Masashi Kiuchi, Toride, JP;
Tohru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Mitsuhashi, Yokohama, JP;
Seiji Tomari, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing device in which a one-component magnetic developer is brought into contact with an electrostatic image carrier in a developing station while it is conveyed in a predetermined direction, to thereby develop a desired electrostatic image is provided with developer carrier means carrying the one-component magnetic developer on the peripheral surface thereof and bringing the developer into contact with the electrostatic image carrier, means for moving a magnetic field along the peripheral surface of the developer carrier means to thereby move the one-component magnetic developer in the direction opposite to the direction of movement of the magnetic field, and means for moving the developer carrier means in the direction of movement of the magnetic field.