公开(公告)号：US06353716B1

公开(公告)日：2002-03-05

申请号：US09667591

申请日：2000-09-22

申请人： Makoto Uehara ,  Yasutaka Maeda ,  Ken Yamagishi ,  Masayasu Narimatsu ,  Hiroji Kawamoto ,  Yuka Sakagami ,  Tomoe Matsuoka

发明人： Makoto Uehara ,  Yasutaka Maeda ,  Ken Yamagishi ,  Masayasu Narimatsu ,  Hiroji Kawamoto ,  Yuka Sakagami ,  Tomoe Matsuoka

IPC分类号： G03G1500

CPC分类号： G03G15/0849 ,  G03G15/0853 ,  G03G15/0887 ,  G03G15/5058

摘要： An image forming apparatus including a developing unit for stocking a developing agent containing toner and forming a toner image on a photosensitive medium with the developing agent, a toner supply unit for supplying the toner to the developing unit, a toner specific concentration detecting unit for detecting the toner specific concentration of the developing agent stocked in the developing unit, a humidity detecting unit for detecting humidity in the neighborhood of the developing unit, a storage unit for storing the humidity information detected by the humidity detecting unit, and a toner specific concentration correcting unit for controlling the toner supply amount of the toner supply unit on the basis of the humidity information stored to correct the toner specific concentration, wherein the toner specific concentration correcting unit compares newly-detected humidity with reference humidity corresponding to the humidity which is detected at the time when the developing agent is stocked into the developing unit or exchanged by new developing agent and which is stored in the storage unit, and corrects the toner specific concentration in accordance with the comparison result.

摘要翻译： 一种图像形成装置，包括用于将含有调色剂的显影剂放置在显影剂上并在感光介质上形成调色剂图像的显影单元，用于向显影单元供应调色剂的调色剂供应单元，用于检测调色剂的浓度检测单元 存储在显影单元中的显影剂的调色剂比浓度，用于检测显影单元附近的湿度的湿度检测单元，用于存储由湿度检测单元检测的湿度信息的存储单元和调色剂特定浓度校正 单元，用于基于存储的用于校正调色剂特定浓度的湿度信息来控制调色剂供给单元的调色剂供应量，其中调色剂特异性浓度校正单元将新检测到的湿度与对应于湿度的参考湿度进行比较， 显影剂的时间 插入显影单元或由新显影剂交换并存储在存储单元中，并根据比较结果校正调色剂特定浓度。