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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2012
Yasutomo Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Kanno, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Sakoda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyohito Horii, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasutomo Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Kanno, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Sakoda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyohito Horii, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, a developer carrying member facing the image carrying member in a horizontal direction and configured to carry a developer containing magnetic particles and to rotate in a circumferential direction thereof, a transport pole provided inside the developer carrying member and above a center of rotation of the developer carrying member and allowing the developer carrying member to transport the developer, and a developer regulating member facing the developer carrying member at a position between the transport pole and the image carrying member in a direction of rotation of the developer carrying member and configured to regulate a thickness of the developer on the developer carrying member. The developer accumulates at a position where an amount of bending in the developer carrying member in a vertical direction becomes larger than or equal to that in the horizontal direction.