Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus, reader writer, and colorant cartridge
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Application No.: US16098071Application Date: 2017-06-13
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Publication No.: US10558899B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Ryo Takayama
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Priority: JP2016-134587 20160706
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/021725 WO 20170613
- International Announcement: WO2018/008338 WO 20180111
- Main IPC: G06K15/02
- IPC: G06K15/02 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G15/08 ; B41J29/13 ; B41J2/175 ; G03G21/00 ; G03G15/22 ; G06K7/10 ; G06K19/07

Abstract:
A wireless IC tag (11) is mounted to a toner cartridge (1), and a reader writer (2) reads and writes data from and to the wireless IC tag (11). The toner cartridge (1) includes plural cartridge contact terminals (12), and a load (13) arranged between the cartridge contact terminals (12). The load (13) corresponds to a type of the wireless IC tag (11). The reader writer (2) includes an antenna coil (21) for wireless communication with the wireless IC tag (11), and plural reader writer contact terminals (22) that contact to the plural cartridge contact terminals (12) respectively when the toner cartridge (1) is mounted to this image forming apparatus. Further, a wireless transmission characteristic of the reader writer (2) is adjusted in accordance with the load (13) electronically connected to the reader writer contact terminals (22).
Public/Granted literature
- US20190147307A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, READER WRITER, AND COLORANT CARTRIDGE Public/Granted day:2019-05-16
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