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Article: Japanese Inventors Develop Image-Forming Apparatus
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 9, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 9 -- Junichi Ito, Tetsu Koyama and Shinichi Otani, all from Tokyo, have developed an image-forming apparatus with mechanism to control toner replenishment.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image-forming apparatus includes a mechanism that controls the replenishment amount of toner to a predetermined value. A toner cartridge holds toner therein. The toner cartridge is detachably attached to a process cartridge. The process cartridge has a toner reservoir that holds the toner supplied from the toner cartridge, a photoconductive drum and a developing roller that supplies the toner to the photoconductive drum."
An abstract of the invention, ...