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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2013
Yasuhide Matsuno, Osaka, JP;
Naoki Nakatake, Hyogo, JP;
Yuji Nagatomo, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Sanada, Hyogo, JP;
Yasuhide Matsuno, Osaka, JP;
Naoki Nakatake, Hyogo, JP;
Yuji Nagatomo, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Sanada, Hyogo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a latent image forming device that forms a latent image, a latent image carrier that carries the latent image, a development device that develops the latent image, and a controller. The development device includes a developer carrier that faces the latent image carrier and carries toner on a rotary surface thereof that rotates in a rotation direction perpendicular to a width direction of the developer carrier, and a regulation member that regulates the thickness of a layer of the toner on the surface of the developer carrier. The controller moves the toner on lateral end regions in the width direction of the surface of the developer carrier toward the latent image carrier. The end regions are located outside a maximum image forming region within a regulation member facing region of the surface of the developer carrier facing the regulation member.