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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:
Aug. 01, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355246 ; 118689 ; 355208 ;
Abstract
A method for detecting a fluidity of powder includes the steps of: (a) making the powder come into contact with a surface of a piezoelectric element which is parallel with an oscillating direction of the piezoelectric element that generates traverse wave oscillations; (b) detecting electrical characteristics of the piezoelectric element under a condition of resonance; and (c) detecting the fluidity of the powder in accordance with a change in the electrical characteristics with respect to a reference value.