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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/06 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/065 (2013.01); G03G 15/0812 (2013.01); G03G 15/6585 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0129 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier for carrying an electrostatic latent image, a developer carrier for developing the electrostatic latent image of the image carrier with a developer, a developer regulating member that regulates a thickness of a layer of the developer held by the developer carrier, and a supply member that supplies the developer to the developer carrier. An absolute value of a voltage applied to the developer regulating member is larger than an absolute value of a voltage applied to the supply member.