Electrophotographic apparatus having a device for toner delivery

US6229975A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• .O slashed.ce Printing Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Blasius Wilhelm · Gräfenberg, DE
• Georg Boehmer · Munich, DE
• Karl-Heinz Jenak · Birkenfeld, DE
• Joseph Knott · Tutzing, DE
• Peter Bremmer · Weingarten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 16, 1999
• Grant date: May 8, 2001
• Expiry date: Jul 16, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G21/105
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus for electrophotographic production of images on a printing medium, such as a printer or copier, has a printing unit fed with toner from a toner storage tank. Toner can be refilled into the tank through a closable opening without interrupting the printing operation.