Claude R Colleyacme

US Patent:

20040126141, Jul 1, 2004

Filed:

Dec 15, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/736412

Inventors:

Harold Mitchell - Webster NY, US
Claude Colleyacme - Webster NY, US
Richard Held - Marion NY, US
Rudolph Forgensi - Webster NY, US

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation

International Classification:

G03G015/06

US Classification:

399/222000

Abstract:

A toner separation apparatus includes a target, an inlet through which toner laden carrier enters to strike the target, an exit for carrier particles below the target, and an exit for toner particles downstream of the target. A filter can be positioned between the target and the toner exit, and a mesh to which the target is attached can be located between the inlet and the filter. The toner-laden carrier can be entrained by air driven by one or more impellers, which can be located within or without the apparatus, upstream or downstream of the target.