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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1993
Hiroaki Tsuchiya, Yokohama, JP;
Keishi Ohsawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yuji Sakemi, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichiro Waki, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuyuki Ito, Oume, JP;
Takehiro Takano, Sendai, JP;
Yoshiro Tomikawa, Yonezawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing apparatus includes a guide member for guiding toner toward an image bearing member bearing an electrostatic image thereon, the guide member having a first end and a second end, a vibration generating device for applying an ultrasonic oscillation to the guide member proximate one of the first end and the second end of the guide member, and a vibration absorbing device for absorbing the ultrasonic oscillation in the guide member at the other one of the first end and the second end, wherein toner is conveyed on the guide member in a direction from the absorbing device to the vibration applying device. In one aspect, the toner is a magnetic toner, and a magnetic field is generated on the guide member at a position opposite a surface for guiding the toner.