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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2024
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Tamotsu Shimizu, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Yamagishi, Osaka, JP;
Kazuki Nakai, Osaka, JP;
Shiori Kihara, Osaka, JP;
Shinya Sakaoka, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a toner storage container, an odor generator, an odor sensor, and a control portion. The image forming portion includes an image carrying member and a development device that develops an electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrying member into a toner image. The toner storage container is rotatable, stores toner for forming the toner image, and is removably mountable in the image forming apparatus. The odor generator is provided at a position where it is rotatable together with the toner storage container, and carries an odor substance. The odor sensor senses the odor substance diffusing from the odor generator. The control portion rotates the toner storage container after its mounting in the image forming apparatus before toner supplying operation, and senses the odor substance at a sensing position where the odor generator is closest to the odor sensor.