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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
AI Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Suetsugu, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Shimpei Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinsuke Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus that includes a replenishing port of toner and an introduction port that is able to communicate with the replenishing port, at least a part of the introduction port is located in a first quadrant or a second quadrant in a two-dimensional coordinate system configured of a first virtual line that extends in a horizontal direction and a second virtual line that and extends in a gravity direction, and a control portion controls a stirring member to stop rotating in a state where at least a part of a second end portion of a sheet is located in a quadrant that is different from a quadrant in which the introduction port is disposed in the coordinate system by a timing at which toner passes through the introduction port when the toner is replenished from a toner container to an accommodating chamber.