Electrophotography – Diagnostics – Consumable
Patent
1996-09-30
1997-10-14
Grimley, Arthur T.
Electrophotography
Diagnostics
Consumable
118691, 356436, G03G 2100
Patent
active
056781261
ABSTRACT:
A filming attenuation correcting toner concentration sensor assembly and method of controlling in a container, a concentration of a mixture that includes a light absorbing substance and a clear liquid carrier in solution, while correcting the effects of container filming. The method includes the steps of splitting light from a single light source having a controllable intensity, into a first light beam and a separate second light beam; focusing the first light beam through a first quantity of the mixture contained in a first light transmitting container made of a first material and having a first thickness, as well as focusing the second light beam through a second quantity of the mixture contained in a second light transmitting container made of the first material and having a second thickness greater than the first thickness of the first light transmitting container; generating a first proportional output signal by sensing with a first photodiode, a first attenuated light transmitted from the first light beam through the first light transmitting container and through the first quantity of the mixture; generating a second proportional output signal by sensing with a second photodiode, a second attenuated light transmitted from the second light beam through the second light transmitting container and through the second quantity of the mixture; maintaining the second proportional output signal at a constant level by adjusting the controllable intensity of the single light source; and adjusting the concentration of the light absorbing substance in the mixture such that a filming-effect independent ratio that is equal to the first proportional output signal divided by the second proportional output signal, is also maintained as a constant, thereby achieving a toner concentration of the mixed developer material that is maintained at a desired level, without the undesirable effects of filming of optical surfaces.
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Grainger Quana
Grimley Arthur T.
Nguti Tallam I.
Xerox Corporation
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