Device for filling and filtering toner from storage container into a feed container for a photocopier
US4561759A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 23, 1985 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S222/01
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for filling and filtering toner from a supply container which is placed by an operator in communication with a feed container in a photocopier has a cylindrical filling opening for the feed container with a cross section such that the supply container can be inverted therein, and has a filter basket disposed in the region of the filling opening which is closed from the feed container by a filter mesh, and an electric vibrator connected thereto by a linkage which can be automatically triggered at the beginning of a filling operation.
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