Invention Application
US20140286678A1 TONER REPLENISHMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME
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调色剂补偿装置和具有该装置的图像形成装置
- Patent Title: TONER REPLENISHMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME
- Patent Title (中): 调色剂补偿装置和具有该装置的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14298547Application Date: 2014-06-06
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Publication No.: US20140286678A1Publication Date: 2014-09-25
- Inventor: Satoshi Sunayama
- Applicant: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
- Priority: JP2011-062169 20110322
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner replenishment device includes a toner receiving port, a toner feed unit feeding toner from the toner receiving port into the device, a toner detector detecting that the device has been filled with a specified amount of the toner, an agitating member having an agitating blade and rotating so as to agitate the toner in the device, a position detector detecting a rotational position of the agitating member and generating a signal indicative thereof, and a recognition unit recognizing the rotational position based on the signal output from the position detector. The toner feed unit feeds the toner into the device when an end edge of the agitating blade is within a specified range, in which a flow path of the toner from the toner receiving port to the toner detector is not blocked by the agitating blade, based on the recognition performed by the recognition unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US08929778B2 Toner replenishment device and image forming apparatus having the same Public/Granted day:2015-01-06
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