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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:
Dec. 31, 1985
Filed:
May. 23, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph Knott, Tutzing, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin & Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 / ; 222200 ; 222D / ;
Abstract
A device for filling and filtering toner from a supply container which is placed by an operator in communication with a feed container in a photocopier has a cylindrical filling opening for the feed container with a cross section such that the supply container can be inverted therein, and has a filter basket disposed in the region of the filling opening which is closed from the feed container by a filter mesh, and an electric vibrator connected thereto by a linkage which can be automatically triggered at the beginning of a filling operation.