Abstract:
The present case concerns several systems for cleaning a photoconductor of residual toner at a cleaning station and recirculating the toner to a developer station in a copier machine. One embodiment contemplates a fairly continuous accumulation of residual toner in the cleaning unit and a periodic recirculation of the toner to the developer unit. Another embodiment makes use of a cleaning station for performing cleaning of toner from an imaging portion of a photoconductor drum member and concurrent conveyance of residual toner from the cleaning station back to the developer station by another portion of the photoconductor. In still another version, recirculation is performed by augers. In some cases, recirculation is initiated by counter means operative after a predetermined number of cycles.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a dictating system capable of the random recording and arrangement of audio segments, means for digitally recording the positions of such segments after the completion of such arrangement either upon an additional medium or upon the recording medium in a separate track or tracks reserved for such purposes or in locations corresponding to each audio segment giving the location of the next audio segment as defined by the arrangement, or for transmitting such information over a wire or wireless channel; and also concerns a transcription device for use with the above system, either capable of reading such digital information into memory before the beginning of the transcription process or capable of reading information giving the location of the next audio segment as defined by the arrangement during the transcription process, and having means for accessing audio segments on the medium recorded by the above system in the order of the arrangement.