Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with toner refilling unit
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Application No.: US12974068Application Date: 2010-12-21
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Publication No.: US09658569B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Yasufumi Kayahara
- Applicant: Yasufumi Kayahara
- Applicant Address: JP Misato-shi
- Assignee: CANON FINETECH INC.
- Current Assignee: CANON FINETECH INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Misato-shi
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2009-293558 20091224; JP2010-278254 20101214
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08
Abstract:
The present invention prevents a toner bottle from being erroneously determined to be empty and allows toner to be reliably refilled into a hopper and thus a developing unit in an image forming apparatus including the developing unit configured to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier, using toner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110158669A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-06-30
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