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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2007
Scott Moreland Broce, Longmont, CO (US);
Robert Joseph Firmature, Thornton, CO (US);
Yueping Fu, Longmont, CO (US);
Matthew David Heid, Simpsonville, KY (US);
Lance Tisdale Hoshiko, Longmont, CO (US);
James Craig Minor, Longmont, CO (US);
Karen Eileen Zrebiec, Lafayette, CO (US);
Scott Moreland Broce, Longmont, CO (US);
Robert Joseph Firmature, Thornton, CO (US);
Yueping Fu, Longmont, CO (US);
Matthew David Heid, Simpsonville, KY (US);
Lance Tisdale Hoshiko, Longmont, CO (US);
James Craig Minor, Longmont, CO (US);
Karen Eileen Zrebiec, Lafayette, CO (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to controlling the mass flow of toner in an image forming device or a toner cartridge. The toner composition includes extra particulate additives including a conductive additive. The extra particulate additives may also include relatively small silica particles or relatively large silica.