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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:
Apr. 30, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430 30 ; 430 97 ; 430122 ; 118690 ; 118657 ; 355 / ;
Abstract
An improved method of controlling toner concentration for electrophotographic copying apparatus employing a dual component developing material which is composed of toner particles and magnetic particles. The method is arranged to detect the amount of magnetic particles adhering onto a photosensitive member for controlling the toner replenishing amount according to the amount of the magnetic particles thus detected.