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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. 08, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hironobu Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355298 ;
Abstract
A separating apparatus for separating foreign matter from a magnetic toner includes a filter having at least one opening for allowing passage of the magnetic toner, a vibration generator for vibrating the filter, a magnetic field generator for generating a magnetic field for attracting the magnetic toner and causing it to pass through the filter, and a stop for stopping the vibration generator when a predetermined time period has elapsed after the separating apparatus has been stopped.