Solid state control of developer material
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorJames R. York
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Abstract
An apparatus for developing a latent image recorded on a movable imaging surface, including a reservoir for storing a supply of developer material including toner particles; a donor member being arranged to receive toner particles from said reservoir and to deliver toner particles to the image surface at locations spaced apart from each other in the direction of movement of the imaging surface thereby to develop the latent image thereon; and a climate system, associated with said reservoir, for maintaining said supply of developer material at a predefined temperature.
Claims19
An apparatus for developing a latent image recorded on a movable imaging surface, including:
- a reservoir for storing a supply of developer material including toner particles;
- a donor member being arranged to receive toner particles from said reservoir and to deliver toner particles to the image surface at locations spaced apart from each other in the direction of movement of the imaging surface thereby to develop the latent image thereon;
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- a climate system, associated with said reservoir, for maintaining said supply of developer material at a predefined temperature.
An electrostatic printing machine having an apparatus for developing a latent image recorded on a movable imaging surface, including:
- a reservoir for storing a supply of developer material including toner particles;
- a donor member being arranged to receive toner particles from said reservoir and to deliver toner particles to the image surface at locations spaced apart from each other in the direction of movement of the imaging surface thereby to develop the latent image thereon;
- and
- a climate system, associated with said reservoir, for maintaining said supply of developer material at a predefined temperature.
A heating apparatus for a developer comprising:
- a reservoir for storing a supply of developer material;
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- a climate system, associated with said reservoir, for maintaining said supply of developer material at a predefined temperature.
A method for maintaining the environment of developer material in a developer housing at a predefined set point comprising:
- sensing the temperature of said supply of developer material;
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- selectively activating and de-activating a heating element or a cooling element base on the temperature sensed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.