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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Junichi Arai, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0863 (2013.01); G03G 15/086 (2013.01); G03G 15/0856 (2013.01); G03G 15/0858 (2013.01); G03G 15/0865 (2013.01); G03G 15/0867 (2013.01); G03G 15/0872 (2013.01); G03G 15/0877 (2013.01); G03G 15/0879 (2013.01); G03G 15/5016 (2013.01); G03G 2215/066 (2013.01); G03G 2215/067 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0663 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0695 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0697 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0888 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming device may comprise: an attaching unit to which a removable toner bottle is attached; a toner storage that stores toner supplied from the toner bottle attached to the attaching unit; a detector that detects an empty state of toner in the toner storage; and a hardware processor that: supplies toner to the toner storage from the toner bottle when the toner bottle attached to the attaching unit is new; and switches a state of the toner bottle to an old state from a new state if the empty state detected by the detector is released.