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Developer regulating device in developing apparatus

US4270487A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 1978
Grant dateJun 2, 1981
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Expiry dateOct 19, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/086
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A developer level sensor installed on the sidewall of a developer container in a developing apparatus consists of an oscillator circuit with multiple coils, the mutual inductance of which is adjusted by a moveable electric conductor. The lower limit level of developer sensed may be adjusted by the positioning of a control plate.

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