# US 2014/0153962 A1 · Developing Device

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- Number: US 2014/0153962 A1
- Document ID: US20140153962A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/092,114
- Filed: 2013-11-27
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30
- Assignees: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Hiroshi Handa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153962A1

## CPC

- G03G 15/0817: {characterised by the lateral sealing at both sides of the donor member with respect to the developer carrying direction}
- G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY

## Abstract

A developing device including: a housing; a developing roller including a roller main body having a recess portion recessed inwards in an axis line direction, the recess portion including, a first surface extending in the axis line direction, and a second surface extending from an inner end portion of the first surface towards a direction intersecting with the axis line direction; and a seal member arranged between the housing and the roller main body, wherein, in the axis line direction, the second surface is positioned within a range in which the seal member is arranged, and wherein, in the axis line direction, a distance from an inner end portion of the seal member to the second surface is larger than a length of a part at which the seal member and the first surface overlap with each other.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A developing device comprising:
a housing configured to accommodate developer therein;
a developing roller including,
a rotary shaft, and
a roller main body having a recess portion that is recessed inwards in an axis line direction of the roller main body from an end surface of the roller main body, the recess portion including,
a first surface extending in the axis line direction, and
a second surface extending from an inner end portion of the first surface in the axis line direction towards a direction intersecting with the axis line direction; and
a seal member arranged between the housing and the roller main body at an end portion of the roller main body in the axis line direction,
wherein, in the axis line direction, the second surface is positioned within a range in which the seal member is arranged, and
wherein, in the axis line direction, a distance from an inner end portion of the seal member in the axis line direction to the second surface is larger than a length of a part at which the seal member and the first surface overlap with each other in the axis line direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The developing device according to claim 1,
wherein an outer end portion of the seal member in the axis line direction is positioned at an outer side of the roller main body.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1, 2)

The developing device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a driving force input member that is provided to one end of the rotary shaft and is configured to receive a driving force to thus rotate the rotary shaft,
wherein the recess portion is provided at both end portions of the roller main body, and
wherein a diameter of the recess portion at the one end side of the rotary shaft is larger than a diameter of the recess portion at the other end side of the rotary shaft.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The developing device according to claim 1, further comprising a film that is fixed to the housing, extends in the axis line direction and has a leading end portion configured to slidably contact with a circumferential surface of the developing roller,
wherein the housing has an opening in which the developing roller is arranged,
wherein the film is arranged along an edge of the opening between the developing roller and the housing, and
wherein, in the axis line direction, an end portion of the film in the axis line direction is positioned within a range in which the recess portion is arranged.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The developing device according to claim 1,
wherein a difference between a radius of the recess portion and a radius of the rotary shaft is a half of or smaller than a difference between a radius of the developing roller and the radius of the rotary shaft.

### Claim 6

A developing device comprising:
a housing configured to accommodate developer therein;
a developing roller including,
a rotary shaft, and
a roller main body extending in an axis line direction and having a recess portion that is recessed inwards towards a first side in the axial direction from an end surface of the roller main body, the recess portion including a side surface and a bottom surface; and
a seal member arranged between the housing and the roller main body in a direction perpendicular to the axis line direction, the seal member including a first side surface at the first side in the axis line direction and a second side surface at a second side in the axial direction which is opposite to the first side,
wherein, in the axis line direction, the bottom surface of the recess portion is positioned between the first and second side surfaces of the seal member, and
wherein, in the axis line direction, a distance between the first side surface of the seal member and the bottom surface of the recess portion is larger than a length of a portion of the seal member that overlaps with the side surface of the recess portion in the axis line direction.