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US08131162B2 Image forming apparatus for detecting a non-qualified developer cartridge 有权
用于检测未合格显影剂盒的图像形成装置

  • Patent Title: Image forming apparatus for detecting a non-qualified developer cartridge
  • Patent Title (中): 用于检测未合格显影剂盒的图像形成装置
  • Application No.: US12338397
    Application Date: 2008-12-18
  • Publication No.: US08131162B2
    Publication Date: 2012-03-06
  • Inventor: Hidehiko Kojo
  • Applicant: Hidehiko Kojo
  • Applicant Address: JP
  • Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
  • Current Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
  • Current Assignee Address: JP
  • Agent Gerald E. Hespos; Michael J. Porco
  • Priority: JP2007-329786 20071221
  • Main IPC: G03G15/00
  • IPC: G03G15/00 G03G15/08
Image forming apparatus for detecting a non-qualified developer cartridge
Abstract:
In a case where a qualified cartridge is not mounted, a toner supply controller stops driving of a toner supply motor. A controller calculates the toner density in a toner tank in accordance with a detection signal of a TC sensor to determine whether the toner density is within an allowable range. In a case where the toner density is out of the allowable range, the toner supply controller allows the toner supply motor to start driving. After that, in a case where the toner density in the toner tank becomes high, a cartridge mounting status determining section determines that a non-qualified cartridge is mounted. On the other hand, in a case where the toner density in the toner tank does not change or becomes lower, the cartridge mounting status determining section determines that the cartridge is not yet mounted.
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