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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuma Motegi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/5054 (2013.01); G03G 13/02 (2013.01); G03G 15/1655 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a latent-image forming unit that forms an electrostatic latent image onto an image carrier, a developing member that develops the electrostatic latent image held on the image carrier with a developer, a container that contains the developer supplied to the developing member, a stirring member that stirs the developer by rotating in the container, a density detecting unit that is disposed in the container and that detects a density of the developer, and a switching unit that switches an image formation condition by using a period of a signal output by the density detecting unit.