Electrographic developing apparatus with toner flow director
US4435065A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 10, 1982 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/0886
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electrographic developing apparatus having incorporated therein a toner supply device by which the toner concentration of the developer accommodated in a developer container can be maintained at a constant value substantially without requiring any toner concentration detector. The device has a toner tank having a bottom adapted to be contacted by the developer contained in a toner supply section of the container, and a developer moving device for forcibly moving a portion of the developer contained in a developing section of the container into the toner supply section when replenishing toner is dispensed from the tank.
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