Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and developer replenishment thereof
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Application No.: US16943189Application Date: 2020-07-30
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Publication No.: US11269266B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Nobuyuki Kobayashi , Kenichi Iida , Masahiro Hayakawa , Masaaki Sato , Haruyuki Hotta
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-143919 20190805,JPJP2020-029731 20200225
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect an amount of developer stored in a developing container and to output remaining amount information; and a control unit configured to perform control, during a replenishment of the developer to the developing container using a replenishment container, to cause a display unit to display a message related to the replenishment. When the replenishment is instructed, the control unit is further configured to perform a first control during the replenishment in a case where the remaining amount information indicates a first remaining amount, and configured to perform a second control different from the first control during the replenishment in a case where the remaining amount information indicates a second remaining amount greater than the first remaining amount.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210041803A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPER REPLENISHMENT CONTAINER Public/Granted day:2021-02-11
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