Patent ID: 8399171

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a resin-layer coated carrier in which the resin-layer coated carrier is manufactured by stirring magnetic base particles and fine resin particles in a powder passage by using a manufacturing apparatus provided with a rotary stirring section including a rotary disc circumferentially provided with a stirring blade and a rotary shaft and the powder passage including a rotary stirring chamber and a circulation tube, comprising: a fine resin particle adhering step of inputting the magnetic base particles and the fine resin particles into the powder passage with the rotary stirring section rotating, and adhering the fine resin particles onto a surface of the magnetic base particle; a spraying step of spraying at least a liquid that plasticizes the fine resin particles with spray gas from a spraying section, on the magnetic base particle and the fine resin particle which are in a fluidized state in the powder passage by rotation of the rotary stirring section; and a film-forming step of continuing rotation by the rotary stirring section to fluidize the magnetic base particles and the fine resin particles until the fine resin particles adhered to the magnetic base particles are softened to form a film.