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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2003
Shinya Yamamoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Tetsuya Kobayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasunari Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuomi Aso, Shizuoka, JP;
Masato Koyanagi, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinya Yamamoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Tetsuya Kobayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasunari Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuomi Aso, Shizuoka, JP;
Masato Koyanagi, Shizuoka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a developing apparatus, the developing apparatus includes a developer carrying member which carries a developer and has elasticity, and a developer regulating member which regulates an amount of the developer carried on the developer carrying member, the developer regulating member having a supported part supported by a support member and a contact part which is in contact with the developer carrying member, in which the contact part has a ten point average surface roughness of larger than 2.0 μm and a maximum height surface roughness of smaller than an average particle diameter of the developer. Therefore, an amount of the developer carried on the developer carrying member can be regulated to be uniform.