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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Taku Watanabe, Susono, JP;
Masahito Kato, Gotemba, JP;
Go Shindo, Mishima, JP;
Atsushi Toda, Fuji, JP;
Katsuichi Abe, Suntou-gun, JP;
Motonari Ito, Suntou-gun, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Naka-gun, JP;
Junichi Matsumura, Numazu, JP;
Naoki Matsumaru, Numazu, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29K 507/04 (2006.01); B29K 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0831 (2013.01); B29C 45/14008 (2013.01); G03G 15/086 (2013.01); G03G 15/0894 (2013.01); G03G 21/181 (2013.01); G03G 21/1814 (2013.01); B29C 2045/14155 (2013.01); B29K 2025/06 (2013.01); B29K 2507/04 (2013.01); B29K 2623/083 (2013.01); B29K 2625/06 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0003 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0005 (2013.01); B29L 2031/767 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0643 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0888 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49204 (2015.01);
Abstract
A developer container including a frame configured to define a developer containing portion, a first electrode, and a second electrode arranged on a surface of the frame and having a surface opposed to the first electrode, a developer amount in the developer containing portion being detected based on a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode.