(under subclass 46) Subject matter wherein a means or method is provided that senses developing material.
(1) Note. Developing material may be applied in the form of a test patch or a developed image.
(2) Note. Developing material may be detected in a developing apparatus before application to the latent image.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
27, for diagnostic of consumables (e.g., toner).
35, for diagnostics of cleaning a waste toner container.
41, for detecting plural colors of toner for concentration control.
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 developer.
253, for conditioning dry toner.
254+, for mixing dry toner.
258+, for supplying new toner.
265+, for application of dry developer.
359, for supplying reclaimed toner to the developing device.
409, for binding copies by toner.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
ipc{2}G03G15/00, for an electros:graphic process using a charge pattern.
epcG03G15/00C7, for measuring photoconductor characteristics (e.g., temperature, a test patch). G03G15/00C8, for measuring the characteristics of an image on the copy material.
