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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:
Oct. 04, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yukio Okamoto, Hachioji, JP;
Toshihiko Nakazawa, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355246 ; 355203 ; 355204 ; 355208 ; 118689 ;
Abstract
A toner concentration detecting circuit detects a toner concentration of a two-component developer composed of toner and a carrier by detecting a change of magnetic permeability of the two-component developer. The detecting circuit is used in a developing device of an image recording apparatus. The toner concentration detecting circuit includes a sensor for sensing a change of a magnetic permeability of the two-component developer, a waveform corrector, a counter connected to a control CPU and a gate signal generating circuit connected to the control CPU so that a gate signal is sent to the counter.