公开(公告)号：US20100303484A1

公开(公告)日：2010-12-02

申请号：US12618220

申请日：2009-11-13

申请人： Andrew Charles Hogan ,  Peyman Kermanshahi Nejad ,  James Marion Nimmo ,  David Anthony Schneider ,  Christopher Kent Washing

发明人： Andrew Charles Hogan ,  Peyman Kermanshahi Nejad ,  James Marion Nimmo ,  David Anthony Schneider ,  Christopher Kent Washing

IPC分类号： G03G21/12

CPC分类号： G03G21/12 ,  G03G15/0856 ,  G03G15/086 ,  G03G2215/0888

摘要： A capacitive sensor for sensing amount of waste toner in a waste toner box of an imaging apparatus includes a capacitor that has a pair of separated plates disposed within the interior of the waste toner box. The capacitance of the capacitor changes with the amount of toner in between the plates of the capacitor. A sensor circuitry is connected to the plates of the waste toner box that measure the capacitance of the capacitor as a voltage value. This voltage value is provided to a controller that determines a relative change in the capacitance value by determining a change in capacitance of the capacitor with respect to a number of pages printed by the imaging apparatus. The controller then determines the state of the waste toner box based on this relative change in capacitance.

摘要翻译： 用于感测成像装置的废色调剂盒中的废调色剂量的电容传感器包括具有设置在废色调剂盒内部的一对分离板的电容器。 电容器的电容随着电容器板之间的调色剂量而变化。 传感器电路连接到废粉盒的板上，该电阻测量电容器的电容值作为电压值。 该电压值被提供给控制器，该控制器通过确定电容器相对于由成像设备打印的页数的变化来确定电容值的相对变化。 然后，控制器基于电容的相对变化来确定废粉盒的状态。

公开(公告)号：US08731415B2

公开(公告)日：2014-05-20

申请号：US12618220

申请日：2009-11-13

申请人： Andrew Charles Hogan ,  Peyman Kermanshahi Nejad ,  James Marion Nimmo ,  David Anthony Schneider ,  Christopher Kent Washing

发明人： Andrew Charles Hogan ,  Peyman Kermanshahi Nejad ,  James Marion Nimmo ,  David Anthony Schneider ,  Christopher Kent Washing

IPC分类号： G03G15/01 ,  G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/12 ,  G03G15/0856 ,  G03G15/086 ,  G03G2215/0888

摘要： A capacitive sensor for sensing amount of waste toner in a waste toner box of an imaging apparatus includes a capacitor that has a pair of separated plates disposed within the interior of the waste toner box. The capacitance of the capacitor changes with the amount of toner in between the plates of the capacitor. A sensor circuitry is connected to the plates of the waste toner box that measure the capacitance of the capacitor as a voltage value. This voltage value is provided to a controller that determines a relative change in the capacitance value by determining a change in capacitance of the capacitor with respect to a number of pages printed by the imaging apparatus. The controller then determines the state of the waste toner box based on this relative change in capacitance.

摘要翻译： 用于感测成像装置的废色调剂盒中的废调色剂量的电容传感器包括具有设置在废色调剂盒内部的一对分离板的电容器。 电容器的电容随着电容器板之间的调色剂量而变化。 传感器电路连接到废粉盒的板上，该电阻测量电容器的电容值作为电压值。 该电压值被提供给控制器，该控制器通过确定电容器相对于由成像设备打印的页数的变化来确定电容值的相对变化。 然后，控制器基于电容的相对变化来确定废粉盒的状态。