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Image forming apparatus including toner supplement means

US5142332A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateJun 5, 1990
Grant dateAug 25, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S706/90
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a developing device in an image forming apparatus which uses electrophotography, and more particularly, to a developing device which use fuzzy inferring to control a supply of a developer and provides an optimal developer supply even if a plurality of state quantities exist. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an image forming apparatus which adopts such a developing device using the fuzzy inferring.

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