Elongated cords for developer devices
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJustin D. Pettingill, Kyler Riley Ayers, Miguel Angel de Anda Lopez, Katelyn Christine Morse, David M. Payne, Jeffrey Harold Luke, Paul L. Jeran
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Abstract
In some examples, a developer device for an image forming device includes a developing roller and a regulator. A nip is between the regulator and the developing roller, where a developing agent is to pass through the nip. The developer device includes an elongated cord to traverse a length of the nip in response to an applied tension.
Claims15
A developer device for an image forming device, comprising:
- a developing roller;
- a regulator;
- a nip between the regulator and the developing roller, wherein a developing agent is to pass through the nip;
- and
- an elongated cord to traverse a length of the nip in response to an applied tension.
A cartridge for an image forming device, comprising:
- a photoreceptor;
- a developing roller to transfer a toner to an electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor that has a length;
- a regulator that has a length that is generally parallel to the length of the photoreceptor;
- a nip between the regulator and the developing roller, wherein a developing agent comprising the toner is to pass through the nip, and the nip has a length that extends in a direction that is generally parallel to the length of the photoreceptor and a length of the developing roller;
- and
- an elongated cord to traverse the length of the nip in response to an applied tension.
A method of forming a developer device, comprising:
- arranging a developing roller in the developer device;
- arranging a regulator in the developer device, the regulator and the developing roller forming a nip between the regulator and the developing roller;
- and
- providing an elongated cord that is to traverse a length of the nip in response to an applied tension on the elongated cord.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.