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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
May. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoki Minamikawa, Sakai, JP;
Hiroo Naoi, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 15/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming device includes a toner cartridge, and the toner cartridge includes a CRUM chip. The CRUM chip stores specific information about whether an ejection action by an ejection mechanism for the toner cartridge is permitted. In accordance with an instruction by a control portion of the image forming device, the ejection action is permitted in a case of a permitting cartridge for which the ejection action is permitted, and the ejection action is inhibited in a case of an inhibiting cartridge for which the ejection action is inhibited.