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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2011
Applicant:
W. Bradford Willard, Fairport, NY (US);
Inventor:
W. Bradford Willard, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a sensor that detects a property of a developer material, a transport unit that contacts the developer material and moves the developer material toward a recording medium, and a controller that receives the data regarding the property of the developer material from the sensor unit and sets both a voltage and a velocity of the transport unit, wherein the voltage and the velocity is determined based on data regarding the detected property of the developer material received from the sensor.