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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1982
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshihiro Hanada, Toyokawa, JP;
Takafumi Tottori, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
222227 ; 222272 ; 222410 ; 222D / ;
Abstract
A toner dispensing device has a toner storage chamber provided in its lower portion with an opening for passing toner therethrough, a roller disposed within the storage chamber close to the opening and rotatable to deliver the toner from the storage chamber outward through the opening, an intermediate toner supply chamber in communication with the storage chamber through the opening and for receiving toner to keep it substantially full, and a feeder provided within the intermediate supply chamber for feeding the toner out of the intermediate supply chamber at a constant rate.