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Image forming apparatus to which container containing developer is detachably attached

US11188024B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 21, 2020
Grant dateNov 30, 2021
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Expiry dateJul 21, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/55
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image using developer, a mount section on which a container containing the developer is mounted, a drive mechanism that includes a motor that rotates to supply the developer to the image forming unit from the container mounted on the mount section, and a controller configured to obtain an output value related to a load of the motor while rotating the motor without mounting the container on the mount section after the container is detached from the mount section, and detect a failure of the container detached from the mount section based on the output value.

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