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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeo Shoji, Sunto-gun, JP;
Atsuya Takahashi, Gotenba, JP;
Hideki Matsumoto, Mishima, JP;
Tomomi Kakeshita, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/508 ; G03G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/508 ; G03G 1/500 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus which has a developer container for containing developer, the container being detachably mountable to a main assembly of the image forming apparatus, developer amount detecting device for detecting an amount of the developer contained in the developer container, and determining device for determining the amount of the developer in accordance with a maximum value of a detected amount of the developer amount detecting device.