Invention Grant
US08532507B2 Image forming apparatus in which genuine cartridge with and without memory device are usable
有权
具有和不具有存储装置的真空盒可用的图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus in which genuine cartridge with and without memory device are usable
- Patent Title (中): 具有和不具有存储装置的真空盒可用的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13411834Application Date: 2012-03-05
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Publication No.: US08532507B2Publication Date: 2013-09-10
- Inventor: Naoki Abe
- Applicant: Naoki Abe
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2006-310282 20061116
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image-forming apparatus includes a main body and a genuine toner cartridge without a memory device that is supplied with the main body. The apparatus includes a cartridge installation part configured to receive at least two different types of toner cartridges, including the genuine cartridge without a memory device and a genuine toner cartridge with a memory device that is to be supplied as a replacement for the genuine toner cartridge without a memory device. Also, the apparatus includes a reader configured to retrieve data from the memory device of the genuine toner cartridge with the memory device received in the cartridge installation part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120163836A1 Image-Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2012-06-28
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