Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same
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Application No.: US15940213Application Date: 2018-03-29
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Publication No.: US10310428B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Takashi Suzuki , Kazuma Hinoue , Takashi Yasuda , Takashi Shimizu , Yoshifumi Kajikawa
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2017-070322 20170331
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, including: a photoconductor; an exposing device configured to expose the photoconductor and form an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor; a developing device including a developing roller configured to form a developer image on the photoconductor; a developer storage storing developer; a supplier configured to supply the developer from the developer storage to the developing device; and a controller configured to execute: a rotating process of rotating the developing roller; a developing process of developing, by the developing device, the electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor; a supplying process of supplying, by the supplier, the developer to the developing device; and a stopping process of stopping rotation of the developing roller after the supplying process has been suspended in a case where the supplying process is being executed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180284673A1 Image Forming Apparatus and Method of Controlling the Same Public/Granted day:2018-10-04
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