Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming device and method of acquiring photoreceptor layer thickness
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Application No.: US15420624Application Date: 2017-01-31
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Publication No.: US09891561B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Satoru Shibuya
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP
- Priority: JP2016-019888 20160204
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
An image forming device that forms an image by transferring a toner image formed by developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a photoreceptor from the photoreceptor to an intermediate transfer body by applying a transfer bias to a transfer member and putting the transfer member in contact with the intermediate transfer body. The device includes: a current supplier selectively supplying a first constant current and a second constant current to the transfer member; a first voltage acquirer acquiring a first voltage occurring between the transfer member and the intermediate transfer body while the transfer member is supplied with the first constant current; a second voltage acquirer acquiring a second voltage occurring between the transfer member and the photoreceptor while the transfer member is supplied with the second constant current; and a thickness acquirer acquiring a value indicating photoreceptor layer thickness of the photoreceptor by using the first and second voltages.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170227895A1 IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING PHOTORECEPTOR LAYER THICKNESS Public/Granted day:2017-08-10
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