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US07769316B2 Developing unit and process cartridge for reducing toner scattering, and image forming apparatus using the same 有权
用于减少调色剂散射的显影单元和处理盒,以及使用其的成像装置

Developing unit and process cartridge for reducing toner scattering, and image forming apparatus using the same
Abstract:
A developing unit for developing a latent image formed on an image carrier includes a developer carrier, a developer regulator, and a sealing member. The developer carrier bears a developer, and is disposed facing the image carrier at a first position. The developer regulator regulates an amount of the developer, and is disposed facing the developer carrier at a second position upstream of the developer carrier in a moving direction thereof relative to the first position. The sealing member comes into contact with the image carrier at a third position upstream of the image carrier in a moving direction thereof relative to the first position. Therefore, gas is prevented from flowing from an outside area of the developing unit into an area defined by the second position to the third position.
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