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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Matsui, Mishima, JP;
Michihisa Magome, Mishima, JP;
Kozue Uratani, Mishima, JP;
Atsuhiko Ohmori, Suntou-gun, JP;
Masaki Yamada, Mishima, JP;
Minoru Ito, Susono, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a developing apparatus, including: a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image; a toner carrier for carrying the toner; and a regulating member for regulating a layer thickness of the toner carried by the toner carrier, in which: the toner includes a toner containing toner particles each containing a binder resin and a magnetic material, and inorganic fine particles present on surfaces of the toner particles; the toner has a dielectric loss factor (∈″) at a frequency of 100 kHz and a temperature of 30° C. of 0.03 pF/m or more and 0.30 pF/m or less; the toner carrier includes a substrate, an elastic layer, and a surface layer containing a urethane resin; and the urethane resin has a partial structure derived from a reaction between a compound represented by the structural formula (1) and a polyisocyanate.