Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner bottle for detecting toner amount
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Application No.: US15907604Application Date: 2018-02-28
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Publication No.: US10466618B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Masamichi Ando
- Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Nagaokakyo-Shi, Kyoto-Fu
- Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagaokakyo-Shi, Kyoto-Fu
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Priority: JP2015-242152 20151211
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G01B7/16 ; G01F23/00 ; G01F23/20 ; G01F23/22 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
One or more toner bottles are provided for supplying toners to development apparatuses. The toner bottles each include bottle portions and displacement sensors. The bottle portions accommodate the toners and are rotated by a drive force of a drive source. The displacement sensors are positioned on sides of the bottle portions and detect deflection amounts of the sides of the bottle portions to determine how much toner is remaining in each toner bottle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180188670A1 TONER BOTTLE Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
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