Fujitsu Corporation

Hiroyuki Okitsu

Hiroshi Kobayashi

Hiroaki Yoshida

Tomoyuki Nagamine

Masato Kawashima

Michihiro Fujii

Masato Matsuzuki

Masaru Iida

Hideyuki Nanba

Katsumi Takada

Hideyuki Shimobuchi

Yoshihiro Hirabayashi

Yukinari Okawa

Hidefumi Tasaki

Seiji Nagai

Yukihide Toda

Katsuyasu Ito

Disclosed is a liquid detection device wherein a condition in which there is no liquid remaining in either a storage member or a tank and a condition in which there is liquid remaining in at least either the storage member or the tank are easily discriminated using a single mechanism. When there is oil (liquid) remaining in at least either the oil tank or the impregnated member (storage member), light emitted from a light emitting part is passed into the oil through a prism face located partway along the light path, and does not reach a light receiving part. On the other hand, when there is no oil remaining in either the oil tank or the impregnated member, the emitted light reaches the light receiving part. When the oil tank itself is not mounted, the light emitted from the light emitting part also reaches the light receiving part. When the light emitted from the light emitting part is not detected by the light receiving part, a controller determines that there is oil.

Liquid detection device, fusing unit using the same, and electrophotographic apparatus

An image-forming apparatus for a sheet cassette that contains the sheets to be processed by hardware and is loaded in the hardware. The apparatus has a display window provided on a front panel of the sheet cassette, a sheet size display member displaying a letter indicating a sheet size, and the sheet size display member including a sheet size-definition member that enables a sheet size to be defined in the form of capable of detecting the sheet size. Whereby, the letter showing the desired sheet size can be manually indicated on the display window, and sheet size detector for detecting the sheet size-definition member of the sheet size display member, thereby detecting the sheet size indicated on the display window.

Sheet-size detection mechanism for sheet cassettes and

A plurality of electrostatic recording units are arranged in series along a path for moving a recording sheet of paper, and charged toner images having different colors are formed on the sheet of paper travelled through the path. A paper feeder unit is arranged beneath a paper introduction side of the paper moving path. The sheet of paper carrying the toner image formed thereon is ejected from a paper ejection side of the paper moving path, and is sent to a fixer in which the toner image is fixed on the sheet of paper. The sheet of paper carrying the toner image fixed thereon is sent to a paper receiver tray positioned above the fixer.

Multicolor image forming apparatus

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Kawasaki, Japan

Hiroyuki Okitsu