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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1996
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A measuring device for amount of charge of developer includes an upper electrode, a lower electrode provided under the upper electrode, which are provided in parallel so as to face each other, flying electric field voltage application unit for applying a flying electric field voltage to the upper electrode, for generating an electric field so as to fly developer from the lower electrode to the upper electrode, current detection unit for detecting a current flowing in the upper electrode, and arithmetic unit for computing a total amount of charge of the developer adhering to the upper electrode based on a change in amount of current detected by the current detection unit, wherein a current that generates as a toner T adheres to the upper electrode is detected by the current detection unit, and based on a change in amount of the current, a total amount of charge of the developer adhering to the upper electrode is computed by the arithmetic unit. As a result, the measuring device for amount of charge of developer can be obtained at low cost.