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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1993
Takayuki Sunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiko Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Miyata, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing apparatus is disclosed, comprising a cylindrical developer support member which is provided facing an electrostatic latent image support member and transports developer attached to the surface, a developer controlling member which contacts the round surface of the developer support member under pressure to control the quantity of developer thereon, forming a thin layer of developer, and side seal members which contact the round surface of end portions of the developer support member and face the end portions of the developer controlling member along the axis of the developer support member to prevent leakage of developer, and whose side seal members do not contact the developer controlling member or contact it under a pressure which does not constrain the displacement of the developer controlling member.