Invention Grant
US07646997B2 Toner replenishing device and image forming apparatus having the same
有权
调色剂补充装置及具有该调色剂补充装置的图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Toner replenishing device and image forming apparatus having the same
- Patent Title (中): 调色剂补充装置及具有该调色剂补充装置的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11903270Application Date: 2007-09-21
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Publication No.: US07646997B2Publication Date: 2010-01-12
- Inventor: Takashi Hirota
- Applicant: Takashi Hirota
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-Shi
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-Shi
- Agency: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP
- Agent David G. Conlin; David A. Tucker
- Priority: JPP2006-257938 20060922
- Main IPC: G03G15/06
- IPC: G03G15/06

Abstract:
A toner replenishing device of a toner consumption calculating portion calculates a toner consumption using a gray scale value of each pixel in a multiple-value image inputted from an image data input portion. The calculated toner consumption is corrected by a corrected consumption calculating portion, and is then accumulated by a cumulative consumption calculating portion, and thereby a cumulative toner consumption is calculated. A main replenishing amount control portion controls a replenishing roller driving motor so as to replenish a predetermined first replenishing amount of a toner to a developing tank when the cumulative toner consumption reaches a reference consumption or more. Further, an auxiliary replenishing amount control portion controls the replenishing roller driving motor so as to start to replenish a predetermined second replenishing amount of a toner to the developing tank when a toner concentration obtained by a toner concentration obtaining portion reaches less than a start concentration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080075482A1 Toner replenishing device and image forming apparatus having the same Public/Granted day:2008-03-27
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