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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2010
Shigeo Uetake, Takatsuki, JP;
Toshiya Natsuhara, Takarazuka, JP;
Junya Hirayama, Takarazuka, JP;
Takeshi Maeyama, Ikeda, JP;
Nofumi Mizumoto, Nara, JP;
Makiko Watanabe, Uji, JP;
Shigeo Uetake, Takatsuki, JP;
Toshiya Natsuhara, Takarazuka, JP;
Junya Hirayama, Takarazuka, JP;
Takeshi Maeyama, Ikeda, JP;
Nofumi Mizumoto, Nara, JP;
Makiko Watanabe, Uji, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A development apparatus and an image forming apparatus wherein optical high-precision detection of the toner amount of a toner layer formed on a toner carrying member is ensured even when the great amount of the toner is deposited on the toner carrying member by transferring all or a part of the toner on the surface of the toner carrying member onto a detecting roller, and wherein stable images are provided at all times.