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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1989
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus having plural developing devices, comprising: a photosensitive member arranged rotatably in one direction and holding an electrostatic latent image corresponding to an original image; a developing sleeve rotatably arranged in each developing device at a position confronting said photosensitive member to transport a developer; a device for simultaneously driving for rotation of each of said developing sleeves in said developing devices; and an adjusting mechanism for adjusting operation of said developing devices so that in a region where said developing sleeves confront with said photosensitive member, a developer packaged density (F) in said developing device arranged at an upstream side in a rotational direction of said member is larger than that of said developing device arranged at a downstream side in the rotational direction of said member, which is