Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15894639Application Date: 2018-02-12
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Publication No.: US10197947B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Satoshi Sunayama
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JP2017-062904 20170328
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developing device, a detecting device and a vibration imparting device. The image carrier rotates around an axis. The developing device includes a developing member rotating around an axis at a position facing the image carrier and supplying a toner to the image carrier. The detecting device detects a number of the toner scattered from an inside to an outside of the developing device. The vibration imparting device imparts vibration to the toner accumulated near the developing member when the number of the toner detected by the detecting device satisfies a predetermined condition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180284651A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-10-04
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