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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2004
Applicant:
Tomoyuki Imura, Toyohashi, JP;
Inventor:
Tomoyuki Imura, Toyohashi, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A developing devicehas a voltage application memberwhich is in contact via a toner layer with a developing rollerthat rotates while holding the toner layer on its outer peripheral surface. To the toner layer, the voltage application memberapplies a relatively low voltage in an upstream-side contact portion with respect to a rotational direction of the developing roller, and applies a relatively high voltage in a downstream-side contact portion thereof.