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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Aiko Kubota, Hino, JP;
Hiroyuki Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Shunichi Takaya, Hino, JP;
Kazuteru Ishizuka, Saitama, JP;
Kei Okamura, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/10 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0849 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a developer casing that accommodates a developer; a developer detector that is disposed in the developer casing, and that detects, based on magnetic force, the developer from a plurality of detection ranges that is close to each other and is disposed side by side in a vertical direction in the developer casing; and a hardware processor that performs control of detecting a liquid level position of the developer in the developer casing, based on a detection result detected by the developer detector.