Toner concentration field measurement tool
US7813657B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 8, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 12, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/0849
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A tool used in the TC measurement in the field includes a venturi shaped container that when connected to vacuum pressure from a portable vacuum cleaner takes advantage of cyclone separator functionality to assist in separation of fine toner from carrier beads with the toner being caught in the vacuum cleaner and the carrier beads being caught by a plurality of screens covering an opening in the bottom of the container.
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