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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2020
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Yui Kato, Osaka, JP;
Koji Minamino, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A toner container including non-volatile memory is mounted to a first mounting section, and a toner container already used is mounted as a waste toner bottle to a second mounting section. Every time a supplied amount of toner is calculated, a writing section writes an integrated value of the supplied amount as a current value and a maximum value in the non-volatile memory. Every time the generated amount of waste toner is calculated, an updating section updates the current value stored in the non-volatile memory by subtracting the generated amount from the current value. A detecting section detects fullness of the waste toner bottle when the current value stored in the non-volatile memory of the toner container mounted as the waste toner bottle to the second mounting section becomes no greater than a value obtained by subtracting an initial remaining space of the toner container from 0.