摘要 |
<p>A reproduction machine having a rotatable toner supply cartridge, a row of toner discharge ports in the cartridge, a toner ejecting rod with flats opposite each port, and a cam drive for quickly rotating the rod to temporarily causing the flats to face outwardly into the machine developer housing so as to dump the controlled amount of toner on the each flat into the developer housing. In an alternate embodiment, the ejecting rod is replaced by a reciprocable slide plate having row of openings which match with the toner discharge ports, and a cam drive for temporarily moving the plate to match the plate openings with the toner discharge ports and discharge a controlled amount of toner into the developer housing.</p> |