Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium for preventing failures and errors in drum memory and belt memory due to hot-swapping
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Application No.: US16986365Application Date: 2020-08-06
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Publication No.: US11237518B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Toshinori Araki , Tatsuro Yokoi , Seiya Sato , Shinta Sugiura , Koji Akagi , Masaaki Wakizaka , Keita Inoue , Osamu Takahashi
- 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: Burr & Brown, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2019-146923 20190809
- Main IPC: G03G21/18
- IPC: G03G21/18 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a drum cartridge removably attached to the main body, and a belt unit removably attached to the main body. The main body includes a drum power supply, a belt power supply, and a controller configured to start supplying power from the drum power supply to a drum memory of the drum cartridge, start supplying power from the belt power supply to a belt memory of the belt unit, stop supplying the power from the drum power supply to the drum memory after starting supplying the power from the drum power supply to the drum memory, and stop supplying the power from the belt power supply to the belt memory after starting supplying the power from the belt power supply to the belt memory.
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