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Toner concentration control device for a developing apparatus

US4901115A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 21, 1987
Grant dateFeb 13, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/0891
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A developing apparatus which includes a toner replenishing device for replenishing toner into the developing apparatus, a toner concentration detecting sensor for generating an output coresponding to the toner amount in a developing material stirred and transported through the developing apparatus, with the output containing a varying output periodically produced and stable output, a discriminating element for deriving the stable output of the outputs from the toner concentration detecting element, and a comparator for outputting a feeding signal to the toner replenishing device through comparison between the output from the discriminating element and a preliminarily set reference value.

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