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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koji Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Takashima, Yono, JP;
Shigekazu Enoki, Kawasaki, JP;
Naoki Iwata, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Ueno, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
216 39 ; 216 52 ; 430137 ;
Abstract
A developer carrier capable of forming microfields on the surface thereof and a method of producing such a developer carrier. A great amount of sufficiently charged one-component developer is carried on the surface of the developer carrier by the microfields and transported to a developing station for developing an electrostatic latent image. The developer carrier has a simple structure and is easy and economical to produce.