Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same
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Application No.: US15939482Application Date: 2018-03-29
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Publication No.: US10754274B2Publication Date: 2020-08-25
- Inventor: Takashi Suzuki , Kazuma Hinoue , Takashi Shimizu , Takashi Yasuda , 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: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@10ccf3a4
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G21/14 ; G03G15/00

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 transfer device configured to transfer the developer image to a sheet; a developer storage storing developer; a supplier configured to supply the developer from the developer storage to the developing device; a sheet feeder configured to convey the sheet toward the transfer device; a sheet sensor configured to detect the sheet conveyed toward the transfer device; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to start a supplying process of supplying, by the supplier, the developer to the developing device before formation of the electrostatic latent image corresponding to the sheet is started, based on a signal indicating that the sheet sensor has detected the sheet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180284640A1 Image Forming Apparatus and Method of Controlling the Same Public/Granted day:2018-10-04
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