Invention Grant
US08009996B2 Image forming apparatus including unit for determining type of developer cartridge
有权
图像形成装置包括用于确定显影剂盒类型的单元
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus including unit for determining type of developer cartridge
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置包括用于确定显影剂盒类型的单元
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Application No.: US12039223Application Date: 2008-02-28
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Publication No.: US08009996B2Publication Date: 2011-08-30
- Inventor: Satoru Ishikawa
- Applicant: Satoru Ishikawa
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2007-050720 20070228
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a main unit; and a developer cartridge detachably attached to the main unit. The developer cartridge includes a rotational body having a rotational axis and rotatable in a rotation direction; and an extended portion formed on the rotational body to extend along the rotational axis, the extended portion rotatable around the rotational axis. The main unit includes a driving unit configured to rotate the rotational body in the rotation direction; a detecting unit configured to detect a movement of the extended portion and an extending amount of the extended portion; and a determining unit configured to: determine whether the developer cartridge is a new product according to a presence of a movement of the extended portion detected by the detecting unit; and determine type of the developer cartridge based on the extending amount of the extended portion detected by the detecting unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080205931A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2008-08-28
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