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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. 17, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2002
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A color electrophotographic apparatus eliminates necessity of mechanism for urging the developer from the front side. The developer is placed away from a photo conductor. On both sides of the developer, mutually cooperated gears are provided. One of the gear meshes with a drive gear with a clutch for driving the developer. The other gear is meshed with a brake gear coupled with a brake mechanism whose brake function can be turned On and OFF by an electric signal. The drive gear is arranged to urge the developer onto the photo conductor by rotation thereof. When the gear of the developer rotates, the brake gear is arranged at a position to urge the developer onto the photo conductor. The torque to start slippage of the brake is set at a value to be greater than a force of a spring pushing back the developer.
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