Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus, developing device, and developer liquid-level detection program
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Application No.: US16204707Application Date: 2018-11-29
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Publication No.: US10558141B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Aiko Kubota , Hiroyuki Saito , Shunichi Takaya , Kazuteru Ishizuka , Kei Okamura
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP
- Priority: JP2018-000740 20180105
- Main IPC: G03G15/10
- IPC: G03G15/10 ; G03G15/08
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a developer casing that accommodates a developer; a developer detector that is disposed in the developer casing, and that detects, based on magnetic force, the developer from a plurality of detection ranges that is close to each other and is disposed side by side in a vertical direction in the developer casing; and a hardware processor that performs control of detecting a liquid level position of the developer in the developer casing, based on a detection result detected by the developer detector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190212671A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND DEVELOPER LIQUID-LEVEL DETECTION PROGRAM Public/Granted day:2019-07-11
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