Patent · US Expired

Toner refilling device and developing device using the same for an image forming apparatus

US6859634B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 30, 2003
Grant dateFeb 22, 2005
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/0697
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a developing device of the present invention for depositing toner on an image carrier to thereby develop a latent image formed thereon, a toner refilling device is configured to refill, when the toner is short, fresh toner at a position where the developing device is situated.

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