Patent 7925187 was granted and assigned to RICOH COMPANY,LTD. on April, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A development device including a development roller to bear a development agent including toner, a development agent supplying roller which is provided adjacent to the development roller to supply the development agent to the development roller, a regulation applicator to regulate the layer thickness of the development agent on the development roller and a capture device to capture the development agent finely powdered by the regulation applicator.