JPH10301384A - トナー検出システム - Google Patents

トナー検出システム

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Publication number: JPH10301384A
Authority: JP; Japan
Prior art keywords: toner; sensor; level; detecting; toner sensor
Prior art date: 1997-04-25
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Pending

Application number

JP10107874A

Other languages

English (en)

Japanese (ja)

Other versions

JPH10301384A5 (2

Inventor

K Trent Christensen

ケー・トレント・クリステンセン

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

HP Inc

Original Assignee

Hewlett Packard Co

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1997-04-25

Filing date

1998-04-17

Publication date

1998-11-13

1998-04-17 Application filed by Hewlett Packard Co filed Critical Hewlett Packard Co

1998-11-13 Publication of JPH10301384A publication Critical patent/JPH10301384A/ja

2005-04-07 Publication of JPH10301384A5 publication Critical patent/JPH10301384A5/ja

Status Pending legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

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JP10107874A 1997-04-25 1998-04-17 トナー検出システム Pending JPH10301384A (ja)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US08/845,798 US5862431A (en)	1997-04-25	1997-04-25	Toner powder level sensing using element and pulse signal and toner powder presence sensing using piezoelectric film
US08/845-798		1997-04-25

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
JPH10301384A true JPH10301384A (ja)	1998-11-13
JPH10301384A5 JPH10301384A5 (2)	2005-04-07

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
JP10107874A Pending JPH10301384A (ja)	1997-04-25	1998-04-17	トナー検出システム

Country Status (4)

Country	Link
US (1)	US5862431A (2)
EP (1)	EP0874289B1 (2)
JP (1)	JPH10301384A (2)
DE (1)	DE69722172T2 (2)

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1998
- 1998-04-17 JP JP10107874A patent/JPH10301384A/ja active Pending

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Publication number	Publication date
US5862431A (en)	1999-01-19
EP0874289A2 (en)	1998-10-28
DE69722172T2 (de)	2004-03-25
DE69722172D1 (de)	2003-06-26
EP0874289B1 (en)	2003-05-21
EP0874289A3 (en)	1999-03-17

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