- Patent Title: Reflective toner level detector with relative rotating and cleaning
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Application No.: US17205677Application Date: 2021-03-18
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Publication No.: US11366406B2Publication Date: 2022-06-21
- Inventor: Shao-Lan Sheng , Sung-Po Cheng , Chiamin Kuo , Hsiang-Yun Cheng
- Applicant: AVISION INC.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: AVISION INC.
- Current Assignee: AVISION INC.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
- Priority: TW108125209 20190717
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner level detector, includes: a toner cartridge storing toner and having one side provided with a light-permeable region; an agitator, which is rotatably disposed in the toner cartridge and agitates the toner; a reflective region disposed on an inner surface on the other side of the toner cartridge; a first cleaner disposed on one side of the agitator; a second cleaner disposed on the other side of the agitator; and a transceiver, which is disposed on a body outside the toner cartridge, and outputs an emitting signal to the reflective region through the light-permeable region, wherein the reflective region reflects the emitting signal to generate a reflective signal received by the transceiver through the reflective region, wherein the first cleaner, which is rotating, intermittently cleans the light-permeable region, which is fixed; and the second cleaner, which is rotating, intermittently cleans the reflective region, which is fixed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210208522A1 REFLECTIVE TONER LEVEL DETECTOR WITH RELATIVE ROTATING AND CLEANING Public/Granted day:2021-07-08
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