Invention Grant
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
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Application No.: US12338397Application Date: 2008-12-18
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Publication No.: US08131162B2Publication 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

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090162078A1 IMAGE FORMING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2009-06-25
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