Photocopying – Contact printing – Light boxes
Patent
1995-04-11
1996-10-15
Smith, Matthew S.
Photocopying
Contact printing
Light boxes
355208, 355210, 355260, 355327, G03G 1501
Patent
active
055659730
ABSTRACT:
In an image forming apparatus, a rotary developing device effects development by revolving a plurality of developing sections around a rotary shaft until any one of them reaches a developing position where it faces an image carrier. Cartridges are respectively mounted to hoppers included in the developing sections. Guides are provided on the inner periphery of each cartridge in order to guide toner, moving due to the revolution or the developing device, toward a toner outlet formed in the cartridge. Even when the amount of toner remaining in the cartridge is small, the entire toner is replenished into the associated hopper and fully consumed.
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Aoki Katsuhiro
Fujishiro Takatsugu
Ishikawa Tomoji
Kimura Noriyuki
Kobayashi Chiyako
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
Smith Matthew S.
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