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US 2001/0041264 A1Published application
Elastic blade, method of manufacturing the same, and developing device
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKentaro Niwano, Masahiro Watabe, Noriyuki Yanai
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Abstract
This specification discloses an elastic blade for regulating the layer thickness of a toner used in the developing device of an image forming apparatus such as an electrophotographic apparatus. The elastic blade is provided with a base layer and an elastic layer provided on the convex surface side of the base layer, and is high in flatness.
Claims17
An elastic blade comprising:
- a base layer;
- and
- an elastic layer provided on a convex surface side of said base layer.
A method of manufacturing an elastic blade, comprising the steps of:
- forming a curved base layer;
- and
- thermally adhesively securing and molding an elastic layer on a convex surface side of said base layer.
A developing device comprising:
- a toner carrying member for carrying a toner thereon;
- and
- a regulating blade for regulating the layer thickness of the toner on said toner carrying member;
- said regulating blade having a base layer and an elastic layer provided on a convex surface side of said base layer, said elastic layer side being urged toward said toner carrying member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.