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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Shigehiro Furukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Shigehiro Furukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided is a toner recovery device including a toner recovery path, a vibration exciter that applies vibration to the toner recovery path, a detector that detects vibration of the toner recovery path, a determining unit that determines whether characteristics based on the vibration detected by the detector have reached predetermined reference vibration characteristics, and an output unit that outputs the result of the determination by the determining unit.