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US 5,790,923 AGranted
Developing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToru Oguma, Kazushi Watanabe, Atsushi Numagami
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Abstract
A developing apparatus includes a container, having an opening, for containing magnetic developer; a developer carrying member, rotatably disposed in the opening, for carrying the magnetic developer; a magnetic sealing member disposed spaced from a peripheral surface of the developer carrying member; and a guiding member for guiding the developer inwardly in a longitudinal direction of the developer carrying member, the guiding member being disposed adjacent an end, in a peripheral direction of the developer carrying member, of the magnetic sealing member.
Claims8
A developing apparatus comprising:
- a container, having an opening, for containing magnetic developer;
- a developer carrying member, rotatably disposed in the opening, for carrying the magnetic developer;
- a magnetic sealing member disposed spaced from a peripheral surface of said developer carrying member;
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- a guiding member for guiding the magnetic developer inwardly in a longitudinal direction of said developer carrying member, said guiding member being disposed adjacent an end, in a peripheral direction of said developer carrying member, of said magnetic sealing member, and said guiding member having a guiding portion disposed between said magnetic sealing member and said developer carrying member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.