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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1983
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1981
Hiroshi Kimura, Neyagawa, JP;
Masahiko Hisajima, Osaka, JP;
Yutaka Shigemura, Takarazuka, JP;
Isao Yada, Neyagawa, JP;
Yoichiro Irie, Suita, JP;
Kiyoshi Morimoto, Osaka, JP;
Mita Industrial Company Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a developing material supplying control device for an electrostatic copying apparatus which includes an oscillator circuit composed of an oscillation coil provided along a toner supplying passage, a timer, a counter for counting the output signal from the oscillation circuit at every interval predetermined by the timer to supply a discriminating output signal when the counted value is equal to a predetermined value for each of the intervals. A toner supply acts in response to the discriminating output signal from the counter for supplying toner to the toner supplying passage. Since this invention employs the oscillation coil and does not employ a mechanical switch having a movable contact for detecting toner in the toner supplying passage, the toner supplying operation is achieved precisely.