Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Developer container, developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15077522Application Date: 2016-03-22
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Publication No.: US09709924B2Publication Date: 2017-07-18
- Inventor: Kentaro Kawata
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA, Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JP2015-065553 20150327
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a frame configured to contain a developer, a conveyance member configured to convey the developer, a detection unit configured to detect a developer amount of the developer inside the frame, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a vibration condition of the conveyance member, wherein the adjustment unit adjusts the vibration condition of the conveyance member according to a result of detection by the detection unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160282758A1 DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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