Toner adsorption image forming apparatus
US7489327B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 2006 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 16, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0646
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that may be easily and inexpensively manufactured is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a toner supply unit; an image forming element to which toner is adsorbed from the toner supply unit; an image developing unit disposed on an outer side of the image forming element, wherein said image developing unit selectively separates from the image forming element at least a part of the toner adsorbed to the image forming element in order to develop an image on the image forming element; and a toner return unit which returns the toner separated from the image forming element by the image developing unit to the toner supply unit.
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