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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/09 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0891 (2013.01); G03G 15/0812 (2013.01);
Abstract
A developing device has a developing container, a developer carrier, and a restricting member. The restricting member restricts the layer thickness of developer on the surface of the developer carrier. The restricting member includes a restricting base formed of resin with higher strength than the developing container and a metal foil arranged at a tip part of the restricting base. The metal foil has a downstream face portion fixed to a downstream-side face of the restricting base and a restricting face portion formed by bending the tip of the downstream face portion to an upstream side and arranged to face the developer carrier.