Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus to supply toner
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Application No.: US17543225Application Date: 2021-12-06
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Publication No.: US11624989B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Kensuke Umeda , Shinsuke Kobayashi , Ai Suzuki
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JPJP2020-206316 20201211
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G15/20 ; G03G21/00 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a developer bearing member, a frame having a storage member, and a first temperature detection unit. The storage member is for storing a developer for the developer bearing member to record an image on a recording material. The storage member includes an attachment part in which a supply container enclosing a developer is removably attachable to the attachment part. With reference to a recording material conveyance path having a center in a width direction of the recording material that is orthogonal to a recording material conveyance direction and in a case where an area on one side of the conveyance path center is a first area and the area on the other side of the conveyance path center is a second area, the attachment part is arranged in the first area and the first temperature detection unit is arranged in the second area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220187735A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-06-16
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