发明授权
- 专利标题: Image forming equipment with supplemental developer detecting device
- 专利标题(中): 图像形成设备与补充开发者检测设备
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申请号: US749328申请日: 1991-08-23
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公开(公告)号: US5227847A公开(公告)日: 1993-07-13
- 发明人: Hiroomi Motohashi , Shunji Katoh
- 申请人: Hiroomi Motohashi , Shunji Katoh
- 申请人地址: JPX Tokyo
- 专利权人: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- 当前专利权人: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- 当前专利权人地址: JPX Tokyo
- 优先权: JPX2-229459 19900829
- 主分类号: G03G21/00
- IPC分类号: G03G21/00 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G21/10 ; G03G21/12
摘要:
Image forming equipment having a developing device for developing a latent image electrostatically formed on an image carrier by a developer, and a cleaning device for removing the developer remaining on the image carrier and collecting it in a collecting section. The equipment determines whether or not the developer collected in the collecting section has reached a predetermined amount by determining whether or not a developer has been supplemented to the developing device a predetermined number of times. The number of times that a developer is supplemented to the developing device is counted on the basis of the output of a supplement detector which determines whether or not a developer has been supplemented. The supplement detector determines that developer has been supplied only when a predetermined number of copies have been made after a toner low/empty signal is indicated or the toner concentration is detected to increase after the toner low/empty signal is indicated.