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Patent No.:

US 10558141 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2018

Image forming apparatus, developing device, and developer liquid-level detection program

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:

Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Hoan H Tran

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.

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Kubota, Aiko. (2020). Image forming apparatus, developing device, and developer liquid-level detection program (U.S. Patent No. 10558141). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10558141

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