Patent ID: 8150285
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A toner supplier apparatus for supplying liquid toner to a developer apparatus of an electronic photograph printer, the developer apparatus comprising a toner reservoir, the toner supplier apparatus comprising: a main tank for adjusting concentration of the liquid toner; a high-concentration-toner-supplier section for supplying high concentration toner to the main tank; a diluent-supplier section for supplying diluent to the main tank; a toner-feeding pipeway for supplying the liquid toner from the main tank to the developer apparatus; a concentration sensor, provided in a toner-feeding pipeway, for measuring the concentration of the liquid toner existing in the toner-feeding pipeway; a controller apparatus for controlling the diluent supplied from the diluent-supplier section to the main tank and controlling the high concentration toner supplied from the high-concentration-toner-supplier section to the main tank based on the concentration measured by the concentration sensor, and for maintaining the liquid toner at a preset concentration in the main tank; a toner reservoir provided at the developer apparatus; a temperature controller apparatus provided inside the main tank; a toner-feedback pipeway for feeding the toner back from the toner reservoir to the main tank, wherein the main tank has an elongated shape, the diluent-supplier section, the high-concentration-toner-supplier section, and the toner-feedback pipeway are connected to one of the two ends in a longitudinal direction of the main tank, and the toner-feeding pipeway is connected to the other end of the main tank.