Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developing apparatus and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 显影装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14075200Application Date: 2013-11-08
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Publication No.: US09002219B2Publication Date: 2015-04-07
- Inventor: Kei Onishi
- Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba , Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agency: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP
- Priority: JP2012-246121 20121108
- Main IPC: G03B15/08
- IPC: G03B15/08 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A developing apparatus includes a development unit configured to supply toner to a photoconductor on which an electrostatic image is formed, a supply unit configured to supply toner to the development unit, a sensor configured to detect a concentration of toner in the development unit, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to, when the detected concentration of the toner is lower than a first value, control the supply unit to perform a toner supply process, control the sensor to detect the concentration of the toner after the toner supply process, count the number of times the sensor detects the concentration of the toner to be higher than a second value that is higher than the first value, and control the supply unit to repeat the toner supply process, when the counted number is less than a predetermined number that is equal to or greater than two.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140126921A1 DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-05-08
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