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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Tetsuya Ishikawa, Hachioji, JP;
Hirotaka Kabashima, Tachikawa, JP;
Toru Komatsu, Hachioji, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on an image carrier and transferring the toner image to a recording medium including a developing device, cleaning device, first toner conveyer, second toner conveyer, third toner conveyer, and a controller for controlling whether the toner removed by the cleaning device is to be conveyed by the second toner conveyer on the basis of an amount of new toner conveyed to the developing device by the third toner conveyer.