Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Katuaki Sumida

Toshiaki Ino

Jitsuo Masuda

Toshihisa Ishida

Masato Asanuma

Hideji Saiko

Yasuo Kitabatake

Katsushi Inoue

Kanshiro Okamoto

An image forming apparatus has a developer container, a development device for developing a latent image formed on a surface of a photoreceptor drum by supplying toner to the latent image, and an agitation roller for supplying toner to the development device and agitating the toner in the developer container. The development device and the agitation roller are installed in the developer container. Moreover, the image forming apparatus includes a flying toner detecting device for detecting an amount of toner flying from the development device, and a control unit for controlling various developer operations such as the toner related agitating operation of the agitation roller, toner supply amount, etc. in response to a result of a detection performed by the flying toner detecting device. This structure prevents the toner from flying from the development device.

Image forming apparatus with flying toner detecting device

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Kitakatsuragi-gun, Japan

Katuaki Sumida