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Developer roller

  • US 4,558,943 A
  • Filed: 11/07/1983
  • Issued: 12/17/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for developing a latent image recorded on an image receiving member, including:

  • a housing defining a chamber for storing a supply of marking particles therein;

    means for transporting the marking particles from the chamber in said housing to a development zone closely adjacent to the latent image recorded on the image receiving member, said transporting means comprising a support member having the exterior surface thereof roughened forming a multiplicity of peaks extending outwardly therefrom with a coating of a polymeric material filling the space between adjacent peaks so that at least a portion of the peaks of the support member extend beyond the coating of polymeric material thereon; and

    means for controlling the thickness of the layer of marking particles on said transporting means, said controlling means having a free edge contacting the peaks of the support member of said transporting means and being spaced from the polymeric material coated thereon.

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