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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2012
Tomohisa Yoshida, Toyokawa, JP;
Masayasu Haga, Toyokawa, JP;
Kanji Nakayama, Toyokawa, JP;
Wataru Onoda, Toyokawa, JP;
Narutaka Yoshida, Toyokawa, JP;
Noboru Ito, Kawanishi, JP;
Tomohisa Yoshida, Toyokawa, JP;
Masayasu Haga, Toyokawa, JP;
Kanji Nakayama, Toyokawa, JP;
Wataru Onoda, Toyokawa, JP;
Narutaka Yoshida, Toyokawa, JP;
Noboru Ito, Kawanishi, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on a print medium with a developer composed of toner and carriers, wherein when the first distance is longer than the second distance, an average gap between the first peripheral surface and a member that faces to the first peripheral surface in an area with a length of the first distance extending upstream from the closest point with respect to the specified direction is smaller than an average gap between the first peripheral surface and a member that faces to the first peripheral surface in an area with a length of the first distance extending downstream from the closest point with respect to the specified direction.