Patent · US Expired

Image forming apparatus having toner replenishing device interchangeable with a developing unit

US4937627A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 12, 1989
Grant dateJun 26, 1990
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S222/01
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus provided with a toner replenishing device attachable to a position of any one of a plurality of developing units. The toner replenishing device replenishes toner to another developing unit through the space of a developing unit to which the toner replenishing device is interchangeably attached.

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