Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and developing device
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置和显影装置
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Application No.: US13171790Application Date: 2011-06-29
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Publication No.: US08526847B2Publication Date: 2013-09-03
- Inventor: Naoki Kataoka
- Applicant: Naoki Kataoka
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2010-151323 20100701
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprises: a developing device having an outlet from which a two-component developer is partially discharged while the two-component developer is conveyed; a hopper to which (i) a first cartridge containing a first developer including carriers and (ii) a second cartridge containing a second developer including toner and not carriers are attachable, and operable, when the first cartridge is attached thereto, to supply the first developer to the developing device, and when the second cartridge is attached thereto, to supply the second developer to the developing device; and a switching part operable, when the first developer is supplied, to switch the developing device to a first state in which the two-component developer is partially discharged from the outlet, and when the second developer is supplied, to switch the developing device to a second state in which the two-component developer is not discharged from the outlet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120002983A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2012-01-05
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