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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1993
Tomoaki Yokoyama, Aichi, JP;
Makoto Takase, Toyokawa, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is characterized in that two magnetic poles of a magnetic member which are positioned to confront a nipping region between a sleeve and a photoreceptor in neighboring relation with each other are of the same polarity. These neighboring poles of the same polarity produce a distribution of magnetic flux density having first and second local maximum points and a local minimum point therebetween. A central angle .theta.1 between a line extending from a center of the magnetic member to the first local maximum point and a line extending the center to the local minimum point is smaller than a central angle .theta.2 between the line extending from the center to the local minimum point and a line extending from the center to the second local maximum point. Further, a developer material retained by the magnetic force of attraction generated by the neighboring magnetic poles of same polarity are kept in contact with the electorostatic latent image bearing member.
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