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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2008
Masashi Fujishima, Osaka, JP;
Kiyotaka Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Matsui, Osaka, JP;
Yukihiro Mori, Osaka, JP;
Sayo Uemura, Osaka, JP;
Akihiro Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Masashi Fujishima, Osaka, JP;
Kiyotaka Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Matsui, Osaka, JP;
Yukihiro Mori, Osaka, JP;
Sayo Uemura, Osaka, JP;
Akihiro Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrying member, a two-component developer carrying member holding on an outer surface a developer containing carrier beads and toner particles, the two-component developer carrying member having a first magnetic element mounted therein, a toner carrying member carrying a thin toner layer on an outer surface, a toner collecting roller for collecting the toner particles scattered and suspended in the vicinity of the two-component developer carrying member and the toner carrying member, the toner collecting roller having a second magnetic element mounted therein, and a housing accommodating the two-component developer carrying member, the toner carrying member and the toner collecting roller. The toner collecting roller is located face to face with the two-component developer carrying member with the first and second magnetic elements disposed to face each other with oppositely directed polarities.