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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Ozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing device includes a developer-thickness-regulating member having a substantially circular sectional shape and that regulates a thickness of a developer layer on a developer carrier at a regulating gap between the developer carrier and the developer-thickness-regulating member, and sealing members that seal a gap between the developer-thickness-regulating member and a developing-device housing and include first sealing members provided at two ends of the developer-thickness-regulating member and on outer sides of an effective developer-transporting area, the first sealing members preventing rotation of the developer-thickness-regulating member by being in contact with the developer-thickness-regulating member at first portions excluding a portion opposite the regulating gap; and a second sealing member extending over the effective developer-transporting area and provided at a second portion excluding the portion opposite the regulating gap, the second sealing member being in contact with the developer-thickness-regulating member at a pressure lower than a pressure from the first sealing members.