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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2003
Kiyotaka Sakai, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuyuki Sugihara, Yokohama, JP;
Junichi Terai, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhisa Sudo, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsumi Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagashima, Yokohama, JP;
Hideki Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyotaka Sakai, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuyuki Sugihara, Yokohama, JP;
Junichi Terai, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhisa Sudo, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsumi Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagashima, Yokohama, JP;
Hideki Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing device includes a developer carrier and a developer regulating member including a developer regulating part opposing a surface of the developer carrier to regulate the developer carried and conveyed by the developer carrier. The developer regulating member is formed from a single metallic member and includes a space that faces an inner surface of the metallic member. The space extends in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the surface of the developer carrier. The developing device can include a cooling device that cools the developer regulating member from an inner surface side of the metallic member facing the space.