Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13090394Application Date: 2011-04-20
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Publication No.: US08837960B2Publication Date: 2014-09-16
- Inventor: Wenxiang Ge , Toru Iwanami , Naoya Yamasaki , Gen Nakajima , Kenjo Nagata , Hidefumi Tanaka
- Applicant: Wenxiang Ge , Toru Iwanami , Naoya Yamasaki , Gen Nakajima , Kenjo Nagata , Hidefumi Tanaka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2010-209353 20100917
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, and a rotation device having image-forming devices each containing a toner and forming a toner image on the image carrier with the toner. The apparatus further includes: a detector attached to at least one of the image-forming devices to detect a quantity of the toner, thereby outputting an analog signal representing the quantity; and a transmission path transmitting the analog signal to the outside of the rotation device. The transmission path includes: a rotation terminal mounted on and rotating with the rotation device; and a contact terminal provided outside the rotation device, and maintaining continuity with the rotation terminal by contacting a surface of the rotation terminal even when the rotation terminal rotates. The apparatus further includes a correction section correcting the analog signal transmitted by the transmission path, according to a contact resistance between the rotation terminal and the contact terminal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120070163A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-03-22
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