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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
May. 17, 2004
Applicants:
Ritsuo Fujii, Hachioji, JP;
Seiji Yamaguchi, Hino, JP;
Hiroshi Isokawa, Hino, JP;
Yasuo Shiokawa, Hachioji, JP;
Inventors:
Ritsuo Fujii, Hachioji, JP;
Seiji Yamaguchi, Hino, JP;
Hiroshi Isokawa, Hino, JP;
Yasuo Shiokawa, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image apparatus comprising a toner supplying device; a toner receiving device; a first toner conduit communicating with the toner receiving device to feed a toner supplied from the toner supplying device; a first feeding device which forms an air stream to feed the toner through the first toner conduit; and a detector which monitors abnormality condition in the course of toner supplying in the apparatus.