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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1982
Nobuhiko Kozuka, Osaka, JP;
Shigeo Koyama, Osaka, JP;
Masami Kai, Osaka, JP;
Ichiro Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Hiromi Sakata, Osaka, JP;
Atsushi Kano, Osaka, JP;
Mita Industrial Company Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A toner replenishing device for replenishing toner to a developing device in an electrostatic copying apparatus includes a storing box extending in approximately a horizontal direction, a supply roller provided at a supply port at an end of the storing box, pairs of wheels respectively provided at opposite ends of the storing box, a pair of endless stretched members passed around the wheels, a stirring and supply rod provided between the endless stretched members, and a device for driving the wheels so as to move the lower portion of the endless stretched members toward the supply roller.