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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2004
Applicants:
Koji Hashimoto, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kinya Harada, Susono, JP;
Susumu Nittani, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A seal member for sealing the developer container at a boundary between the developer container and a developer carrying member is disposed at an opening of a developer container containing developer. The sealing member includes a warp pile fabric, and is formed by a V pile weave providing a V-shaped pile fabric texture. The seal member has a fiber density, representing a number of fibers per unit area, of not less than 260,000/inchand not more than 680,000/inchand has a number of denier per one pile of not less than 200 denier and not more than 350 denier.