Electrophotographic system haivng a developing device with a plu

Details Electrophotographic system haivng a developing device with a plu Electrophotographic system haivng a developing device with a plu

1991-09-05

1992-12-15

Grimley, A. T.

Photocopying

Contact printing

Light boxes

118653, 118656, 355251, G03G 1508

Patent

active

051721686

ABSTRACT:
An electrophotographic system for use as a laser beam printer, a copying machine, or the like has an image carrier for receiving an electrostatic latent image, a developing device for developing the electrostatic latent image into a toner image with toner, and a toner hopper for storing into a toner, and a toner hopper for storing the toner. A plurality of toner feeders is disposed in the toner hopper, for supplying the toner from the toner hopper to the developing device. The toner feeders being successively arranged with respect to the developing device such that those toner feeders which are disposed more remotely from the developing device feed progressively smaller amounts of toner. The toner feeders are rotatable to feed the toner to the developing device, and the toner feeders which are disposed more remotely from the developing device rotate at progressively lower speeds or have progressively smaller areas of contact with the toner. Since the amounts of toner fed by the toner feeders are progressively smaller the more remotely disposed from the developing device they are, the amount of toner supplied to a toner feeder is smaller than the amount of toner fed by the toner feeder, which prevents the toner from being aggregated in the toner hopper.

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