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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2011
Eric C. Stelter, Lexington, KY (US);
Rodney R. Bucks, Webster, NY (US);
Jerry E. Livadas, Webster, NY (US);
Alan E. Rapkin, Pittsford, NY (US);
Eric C. Stelter, Lexington, KY (US);
Rodney R. Bucks, Webster, NY (US);
Jerry E. Livadas, Webster, NY (US);
Alan E. Rapkin, Pittsford, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for transporting developer in an electrophotographic printer with multiple augers includes transporting developer from a first channel to a development roller across at least a portion of the development roller; releasing spent developer from the development roller to a second channel; wherein the second channel has a first region having a first cross-sectional area and a second region having a second cross-sectional area; wherein the first region is a mixing region the second region is a transport region; and wherein the first cross-sectional area is larger than the second cross sectional area.