Patent ID: 6088562
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An apparatus for developing in a development zone a latent image recorded on a surface, including:a housing defining a chamber storing at least a supply of toner therein;a donor roll disposed of at least partially in the chamber of said housing and spaced from the surface, said donor roll being adapted to rotate about a longitudinal axis to transport toner to the development zone in a region opposed from the surface; andan elongated electrode member mounted in the development zone and extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis, said electrode member includes a flexible thin sheet capable of being deformed about a member, said flexible thin sheet having a plurality of elongated wires with adjacent wires being spaced from and substantially parallel to one another defined therein, said electrode being electrically biased to detach toner from said donor roll so as to form a toner powder cloud in the development zone with detached toner from the toner cloud developing the latent image.