Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16822705Application Date: 2020-03-18
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Publication No.: US10948851B2Publication Date: 2021-03-16
- Inventor: Takashi Shimizu , Keita Shimizu , Yasuo Fukamachi , Kazutoshi Nakamura , Kasuma Hinoue
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2019-059881 20190327
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/18 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus may include a developing device including a developing roller and a coupling rotatable both in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a coupler engageable with the coupling, a motor configured to drive the coupler, the motor configured to cause the coupler to be a first state in which the coupling rotates in the second direction and a second state in which the coupling rotates in the first direction, and a controller configured to transfer, to the motor, an instruction for changing the coupler to the second state, in a case where the controller judges that the remaining toner amount in a developing chamber of the developing device is smaller than or equal to the first predetermined value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200310297A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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