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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:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2001
Masaru Hibino, Ibaraki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has a non-magnetic rotatable cylinder having a diameter of 10 mm to 25 mm, a plurality of magnetic field generating means which is inside the non-magnetic cylinder and fixed, a developing container which houses a two component developer containing a magnetic carrier and a non-magnetic toner and has the non-magnetic cylinder rotatably mounted at an opening portion thereof, agitating conveyer means which is inside the developing container and agitates the two component developer and conveys it to the non-magnetic cylinder, and an image bearing member arranged in opposition to the non-magnetic cylinder at intervals. The image forming apparatus is an image forming apparatus which conveys the two component developer by the rotation of the non-magnetic cylinder, and an electrostatic latent image on the image bearing member is magnetic-brush-developed.
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