Apparatus for the preparation of carrier particles
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsJohn A. Creatura, Thomas J. Budny
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Abstract
An apparatus for enabling the agitation of carrier particles utilizing a carrier transporting member with a series of magnets attached, which magnets attract and retain the carrier particles present in a container means. The transporting member is caused to rotate by a roller.
Claims15
An apparatus for agitating carrier particles which comprises in operative relationship a container means, a rotating roller means, a moving transporting means in contact with the container means and the rotating roller means, and a series of magnets attached to the moving transporting means, whereby the series of magnets attract and retain carrier components present in the container means, followed by release of the carrier components into the container means, which release is caused by disengaging said series of magnets and removing the magnetic forces exerted by said series of magnets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.