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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 15 ; 355 / ; 355 / ; 355 / ;
Abstract
A toner recovery device having a non-magnetic rotary member, magnets embedded around the circumferential surface of said non-magnetic rotary member, and an endless belt wound on said rotary member so as to recover a toner collected by a cleaning device into a developing unit. A plurality of protuberances are equidistantly and projectingly formed around the circumferential surface of said rotary member to prevent said endless belt from floating as a whole. The protuberances drive said endless belt.