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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2016
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Kohei Ishido, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A toner container is removably mounted in a housing of an image forming apparatus. The toner container contains a toner and has a stirring member for stirring the toner. An electric motor drives the stirring member. A storage device stores a required load value set for the toner container. A load detecting section includes an electric current sensor that measures a drive electric current of the electric motor. The load detecting section detects an actual load value of the electric motor in driving of the stirring member based on the drive electric current measured. A determination section compares the actual load value detected by the load detecting section with the required load value stored in the storage device and determines whether or not the actual load value coincides with the required load value to determine whether or not the toner container mounted in the housing is a genuine product.
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