Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Development device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
A development device includes a development casing, a developer bearer disposed facing a latent image bearer through an opening in the development casing to carry developer, a magnetic field generator disposed inside the developer bearer, a developer regulator extending in an axial direction of the developer bearer to adjust an amount of developer carried on the developer bearer, and a first axial end seal provided in an axial end portion of the development device outside an image range, in contact with an upstream face of the developer regulator to reduce a size of a clearance between the developer regulator and the development casing.
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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G03G
inventional
Kohichi Takuzi Yuki Yutaka Emi Hideo Kiyonori
Utsunomiya Yoneda Oshikawa Takahashi Kita Yoshizawa Tsuda