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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2014
Nobuo Takami, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyonori Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kentaro Mikuniya, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Takami, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyonori Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kentaro Mikuniya, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developer replenishing device includes a container mount to hold a developer container to contain developer used in image formation, an installation completion detector to detect completion of installation of the developer container in the container mount, a replaceable containing portion to contain developer, a conveyance channel to which the containing portion is removably connected and through which developer is transported from the developer container held in the container mount to the containing portion, and a conveyance pump to transport developer from the developer container through the conveyance channel to the containing portion. In a state in which the developer container is not held in the container mount according to a detection result by the installation completion detector, the conveyance pump transports developer from the conveyance channel to the containing portion.