Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus including a fogging toner amount estimation section
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Application No.: US17210390Application Date: 2021-03-23
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Publication No.: US11435677B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Kazunori Tanaka , Yoshihiro Yamagishi , Tamotsu Shimizu
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JPJP2020-054339 20200325
- Main IPC: G03G15/06
- IPC: G03G15/06 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G15/02

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a development device which develops an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive drum into a toner image; a charger which charges the photosensitive drum; a development power supply which applies a bias voltage to the development device; a calculating section which calculates a surface potential of the photosensitive drum based on a development current flowing in the development device; and an estimating section which estimates a fogging toner amount. The fogging toner amount is an amount of toner moved due to fogging. When the fogging toner amount estimated by the estimating section is less than a prescribed threshold, the calculating section calculates a value of the bias voltage at which the development current stops flowing as the surface potential.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210302869A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-09-30
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