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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. 30, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chikara Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 / ; 355 / ; 118624 ; 118663 ; 430 30 ;
Abstract
An electrophotographic apparatus is operable selectively in an image-forming mode and a checking mode. In the checking mode, a region of a photosensitive body or drum having a uniform surface potential is developed by a developing unit at a plurality of different developing bias voltages into toner amount detecting regions.