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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2008
Keiko Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Emi Kita, Tokyo, JP;
Mugijirou Uno, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Terai, Kanagawa, JP;
Maiko Koeda, Shizuoka, JP;
Keiko Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Emi Kita, Tokyo, JP;
Mugijirou Uno, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Terai, Kanagawa, JP;
Maiko Koeda, Shizuoka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for loading a replenishment developer into a developer accommodating container such that when the replenishment of the replenishment developer inside the loaded developer accommodating container is started, the developer composed of a toner and a carrier, or a toner is discharged from a developer discharge port of the developer accommodating container, wherein when a premix toner that is a replenishment developer composed of a replenishment toner and a replenishment carrier is loaded into a toner bottle serving as the developer accommodating container, the replenishment carrier is loaded and then the replenishment toner is loaded.