Removing Excess Developer Patents (Class 399/264)
  • Patent number: 5713064
    Abstract: The scavenging of a first toner into a second toning station in a DAD-CAD or CAD-DAD process can be reduced by allowing scavenged toner to deposit in the background of single color images. The polarity of the first toner of the scavenged toner is not changed prior to transfer and remains on the image member through transfer from which it is later cleaned. Alternatively, scavenged toner is deposited from a second toning station on the image member while no images are being made and allowed to pass through transfer to be cleaned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: W. Charles Kasiske, Edward M. Eck, Garold F. Fritz
  • Patent number: 5649271
    Abstract: An apparatus for developing a latent image recorded on a surface with toner. The apparatus includes a housing having a supply of toner therein; a donor member arranged in the housing to transport toner to a development zone adjacent the surface; a detaching toner device for detaching toner from the donor member and producing a toner cloud in the development zone; and an air handling system, associated with the housing, for collecting stray toner particles emitted from the housing, the air handling system including a separator for separating toner by size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel M. Bray, Kim M. Thomas, Gerald A. Domoto, Michael J. Savino