Invention Grant
US07672602B2 Developing unit and image forming apparatus which forces consumption of toner
有权
显影单元和图像形成装置,其强制调色剂的消耗
- Patent Title: Developing unit and image forming apparatus which forces consumption of toner
- Patent Title (中): 显影单元和图像形成装置,其强制调色剂的消耗
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Application No.: US11508823Application Date: 2006-08-24
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Publication No.: US07672602B2Publication Date: 2010-03-02
- Inventor: Osamu Ariizumi , Kazumi Kobayashi , Shinji Kobayashi , Fukutoshi Uchida , Takashi Enami , Ryohta Morimoto , Shin Hasegawa , Shinji Kato , Hitoshi Ishibashi , Kohta Fujimori , Nobutaka Takeuchi , Naoto Watanabe , Kayoko Tanaka , Yushi Hirayama
- Applicant: Osamu Ariizumi , Kazumi Kobayashi , Shinji Kobayashi , Fukutoshi Uchida , Takashi Enami , Ryohta Morimoto , Shin Hasegawa , Shinji Kato , Hitoshi Ishibashi , Kohta Fujimori , Nobutaka Takeuchi , Naoto Watanabe , Kayoko Tanaka , Yushi Hirayama
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2005-325723 20051110
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A developing unit supplies toner from a developing roller to an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier, and creates a visual image. A forced consumption unit causes, when a proportion of number of pixels used for forming the electrostatic latent image for a maximum image effective-width is equal to or less than a predetermined value, a forced consumption of toner by an amount corresponding to a difference between a toner amount corresponding to the number of pixels and a predetermined toner consumption amount. The forced consumption unit adds toner of an amount used in the forced consumption to an amount of toner to be supplied in a next imaging process.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070104499A1 Developing unit and image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2007-05-10
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