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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Hideaki Kosasa, Abiko, JP;
Inventor:
Hideaki Kosasa, Abiko, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/16 (2013.01); G03G 15/0856 (2013.01); G03G 15/0863 (2013.01); G03G 15/087 (2013.01); G03G 15/0879 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0129 (2013.01); Y10S 222/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus capable of reading a unique pattern of a toner bottle without using an expensive device, and of preventing the delay of the toner replenishment. A control unit controls a driving unit to rotate a toner bottle for replenishing toner and controls a reading unit to read a unique pattern of the toner bottle in conjunction with the rotation of the toner bottle, when receiving a toner replenishment signal in N-th time from a toner remaining amount detection unit after receiving the bottle detection signal from a bottle mounting detection unit.