Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and cartridge therefor
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Application No.: US14613814Application Date: 2015-02-04
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Publication No.: US09274451B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Nao Itabashi , Naoya Kamimura
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2011-214625 20110929
- Main IPC: G03G15/06
- IPC: G03G15/06 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus and a cartridge are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a main casing, a CPU as a judgment unit, and a main electrode. The cartridge accommodating a toner is attachable to and detachable from the main casing, and has a cartridge electrode electrically connectable to the main electrode. The CPU is configured to judge assembly or non-assembly of the cartridge with respect to the main casing and to judge whether or not the assembled cartridge is a new cartridge. The cartridge electrode is movable by a predetermined moving amount to permit the main electrode to be movable. As a result of a movement of the main electrode in accordance with the movement of the cartridge electrode, the CPU determines that the assembled cartridge is a new cartridge.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150153675A1 Image Forming Apparatus and Cartridge Therefor Public/Granted day:2015-06-04
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