(under subclass 252) Subject matter wherein an arrangement is provided for treating impurities or unwanted effects and properties of dry developer material.
(1) Note. For example, this subject matter may include filtered toner being recycled from a cleaning unit.
(2) Note. For example, this subject matter may include an arrangement for preventing wrongly charged toner from being applied to a latent image.
(3) Note. The toner may be treated when fed into or when in
the developing unit (e.g., treated to remove impurities or heated to remove moisture or coating).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
27, for diagnostic of consumables (e.g., toner).
35, for diagnostics of cleaning a waste toner container. 49, for detection of toner involving plural control processes.
61+, for detection of toner in a developing unit.
99+, for toner removal.
106, for a toner cartridge.
120, for a new and waste toner container.
129, for supplemental exposure or charging of residual toner.
134, for image formation with photoconductive toner.
224, for adding colored toner.
239+, for application of liquid development.
254+, for mixing dry toner.
258+, for supplying new toner.
265+, for application of dry development. 359, for supplying reclaimed toner to the developing device.
409, for binding copies by toner.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
ipc{2}G03G15/08, for using solid developer, powder developer.
epcG03G15/08H5, arrangement for conditioning developer in the developing sump (e.g., removing impurities or humidity).
