TIMING WHEEL FOR TONER CARTRIDGE WITH DUAL SPRINGS
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    发明公开
    TIMING WHEEL FOR TONER CARTRIDGE WITH DUAL SPRINGS 有权
    定时轮的碳粉磁带在两次SPRINGS

    公开(公告)号:EP1934563A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-25

    申请号:EP06816376.5

    申请日:2006-10-05

    IPC分类号: G01F23/22 G03G15/08

    摘要: This invention provides a timing wheel assembly for controlling the timing of toner cartridge operation that is fixedly attached to a shaft of a toner tank agitator and that is operatively connected to a drive gear of a toner cartridge mounted coaxially on the shaft with the timing wheel movable between a first stop and a second stop relative to the drive gear to define rotational “dwell” range having a predetermined arcuate distance with a pair of springs of differing strengths. The first spring, of a first strength (first spring constant) biases the timing wheel against the first stop and the second spring of a second strength (second spring constant) is engaged by the timing wheel at higher resistance levels. In this manner, the first spring ensures that an appropriate dwell and snap-back motion occurs at lower toner levels and the second spring (in combination with the first) provides heavier resistance and stronger rotational resistance/earlier snapback at higher toner levels.