Developing apparatus and process cartridge with protrusions between the bearing and the shaft
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G03G-015/08
G03G-021/00
출원번호
US-0327703
(2006-01-06)
등록번호
US-7369797
(2008-05-06)
우선권정보
JP-2005-066852(2005-03-10)
발명자
/ 주소
Yoshida,Hideyuki
Tomoda,Yasuaki
출원인 / 주소
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Lucas & Mercanti, LLP
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
4인용 특허 :
7
초록▼
A developing apparatus includes a developer container for storing a developer which contains toner, a rotary member for stirring and conveying the developer, and a bearing member to hold the rotary member in the developer container. At least one of the bearing member and the rotary member has a plur
A developing apparatus includes a developer container for storing a developer which contains toner, a rotary member for stirring and conveying the developer, and a bearing member to hold the rotary member in the developer container. At least one of the bearing member and the rotary member has a plurality of protrusions on a portion of the bearing member which holds the rotary member, or on a portion of the rotary member which is held by the bearing member.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A developing apparatus comprising: (a) a developer container for storing a developer which contains toner; (b) a rotary member for stirring and conveying the developer; and (c) a bearing member to hold the rotary member in the developer container, wherein at least one of the
What is claimed is: 1. A developing apparatus comprising: (a) a developer container for storing a developer which contains toner; (b) a rotary member for stirring and conveying the developer; and (c) a bearing member to hold the rotary member in the developer container, wherein at least one of the bearing member and the rotary member has a plurality of protrusions on a portion of the bearing member which holds the rotary member, or on a portion of the rotary member which is held by the bearing member, and wherein the protrusions space apart and make point contact between the bearing member and the rotary member. 2. The developing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bearing member has the plurality of protrusions on the portion which holds the rotary member. 3. The developing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the bearing member has the plurality of protrusions on a surface parallel to an axis of the rotary member. 4. The developing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the rotary member has the plurality of protrusions on the portion which is held by the bearing member. 5. The developing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the rotary member has the plurality of protrusions on a surface parallel to an axis of the rotary member. 6. The developing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bearing member has an end face perpendicular to an axis of the rotary member, and the rotary member has an end face facing the end face of the bearing member, and one of the end face of the bearing member and the end face of the rotary member has a plurality of protrusions. 7. The developing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bearing member and the rotary member has the plurality of protrusions. 8. The developing apparatus of claim 1, including a toner having a glass-transition temperature in the range of 30�� C. to of 60�� C. 9. The developing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the toner has a number median diameter in the range of 3 μm to 8 μm. 10. The developing apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of tips of the protrusions of the bearing member and the rotary member is conical. 11. A process cartridge comprising: a member used for image formation; and the developing apparatus recited in claim 1. 12. The process cartridge of claim 11, wherein the bearing member has the plurality of protrusions on the portion which holds the rotary member. 13. The process cartridge of claim 12, wherein the bearing member has the plurality of protrusions on a surface parallel to an axis of the rotary member. 14. The process cartridge of claim 11, wherein the rotary member has the plurality of protrusions on the portion which is held by the bearing member. 15. The process cartridge of claim 14, wherein the rotary member has the plurality of protrusions on a surface parallel to an axis of the rotary member. 16. The process cartridge of claim 11, wherein the bearing member has an end face perpendicular to an axis of the rotary member, and the rotary member has an end face facing the end face of the bearing member, and one of the end face of the bearing member and the end face of the rotary member has a plurality of protrusions. 17. The process cartridge of claim 11, wherein the member used for image formation comprises at least one of a photoreceptor drum, a charger an imagewise exposure unit, a pre-transfer exposure light source, and a pre-charge exposure unit. 18. An image forming apparatus comprising: the developing apparatus recited in claim 1. 19. A developing apparatus comprising: (a) a developer container for storing a developer which contains toner; (b) a rotary member for stirring and conveying the developer; and (c) a bearing member to hold the rotary member in the developer container, wherein at least one of the bearing member and the rotary member has a plurality of protrusions on a portion of the bearing member which holds the rotary member, or on a portion of the rotary member which is held by the bearing member, and wherein the protrusions space apart and make point contact between the bearing member, wherein a length of each of the protrusions is 1 to 10 mm. 20. The developing apparatus of claim 19, wherein the length of each of the protrusions is almost the same as each other. 21. A developing apparatus comprising: (a) a developer container for storing a developer which contains toner; (b) a rotary member for stirring and conveying the developer; and (c) a bearing member to hold the rotary member in the developer container, wherein at least one of the bearing member and the rotary member has a plurality of protrusions on a portion of the bearing member which holds the rotary member, or on a portion of the rotary member which is held by the bearing member, and wherein the protrusions space apart and make point contact between the bearing member, wherein the portion of the bearing member or the rotary member having the plurality of protrusions has 5 to 500 protrusions per square inch.
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Stewart Daniel A. (Savage MN) Martinson Paul A. (White Bear Lake MN), Bearing seal for xerographic developer unit.
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