Apparatus and method for replenishing a developing device with toner while suppressing toner remaining
US7218880B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 2004 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S222/01
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A toner replenishing device includes a toner conveyance path for connecting a toner storing device with a developing device, a toner conveying device for conveying the toner from the toner storing device to the developing device along the toner conveyance path, and an air supplying device connected to the toner conveyance path vie an air supply path for supplying the toner storing device with air from a bottom of the toner storing device so as to agitate the toner pooling in the toner storing device.
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