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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2001
Heinrich Schwarz, Freising, DE;
Joseph Knott, Tutzing, DE;
Other;
Abstract
The invention is directed to a method and to an apparatus for setting a metering gap in a developer station ( ). The developer station ( ) includes a magnetic drum ( ) that comprises a preceding metering device for the acceptance of a developer mix ( ) and for forming a uniformly distributed developer mix ( ), whereby the metering gap ( ) is formed between the magnetic drum ( ) and the metering device and the metering device is formed by a metering profile ( ). The metering profile ( ) is adjustably held such at both axial ends by a respective eccentric ( ) that a setting of the width of the metering gap ( ) ensues by turning the respective eccentric ( ). The eccentrics ( ) are adjustable independently of one another.