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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Gofuku, Shizuoka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a toner container, and a main body which the toner container is attachable to and detachable from. The main body includes an image forming unit including a photosensitive drum, a toner containing portion, and a development roller, an attaching portion in which the toner container is at a first position for allowing supply of the toner, an opening portion of the main body, an acquisition unit acquiring a correlation value correlating with a toner remaining amount, an opening/closing member moving between an open position and a closed position, a detection unit detecting the opening/closing member, a movement mechanism executing moving operation for moving the toner container from the first position to a second position, and a control unit controlling the movement mechanism to execute the moving operation in a case where both of a first condition and a second condition are satisfied.