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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroshi Tatsumi, Shiki-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/508 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/508 ;
Abstract
A developing apparatus designed to allow toner uniformly charged with a predetermined electric charge to be formed into a toner layer formed on a circumferential surface of a developing roller, and further to allow a good image to remain formed. In order to allow a proper amount of toner having a proper specific electric charge to deposit on the circumferential surface of the developing roller, the blade is bent at a bending angle of at least 45° while being positioned against the circumferential surface of the developing roller when displacement amount &Dgr;L is at most plus 0.4 mm.