Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus determining toner replacement timing
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Application No.: US17165370Application Date: 2021-02-02
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Publication No.: US11307512B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Kazunori Tanaka , Kanako Morimoto , Tamotsu Shimizu , Kenichi Tamaki
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: IP Business Solutions, LLC
- Priority: JPJP2020-016348 20200203
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a toner charge amount predictor, a toner developing resistance calculator, and a determiner. The toner developing resistance calculator calculates a toner developing resistance on the basis of a bias voltage applied to a developing device and a measured developing current by dividing a value of the bias voltage by a value of the developing current when a developing device develops an electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of an image carrier to form a toner image. The toner charge amount predictor predicts a toner charge amount of a toner which is supplied to the image carrier by the developing device on the basis of a density of the toner image and the developing current. The determiner determines a state of the developing device on the basis of the toner charge amount and the toner developing resistance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210240102A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS DETERMINING TONER REPLACEMENT TIMING Public/Granted day:2021-08-05
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