Image forming apparatus and method for restricting attachment and detachment of developer container
A technology of a developer and a containment part, which is applied in the direction of the electric recording process using the charge pattern, the equipment and the instrument of the electric recording process using the charge pattern, and can solve the problem of image quality degradation and achieve the effect of reducing the residual amount
Active Publication Date: 2020-11-10
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC
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[0003] When the developer contained in the developer storage portion is not suitable for the image forming apparatus, the quality of the image printed by the image forming apparatus often decreases.
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[0018] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings for understanding of the present invention. In addition, the following embodiment is an example which actualized this invention, and does not limit the technical scope of this invention.
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[0020] First, refer to figure 1 with figure 2 , the configuration of the image forming apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. in, figure 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the image forming apparatus 10 . Additionally, the following will figure 1 The vertical direction on the paper is defined as the vertical direction D1 of the image forming apparatus 10, the left-right direction on the paper is defined as the front-back direction D2 of the image forming apparatus 10, and the depth direction on the paper is defined as the left-right directi...
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The present invention provides a method of restricting attachment and detachment of an image forming apparatus and a developer storage unit, which can reduce the remaining amount of developer in the developer storage unit at the time of replacement, and can avoid restricting storage of a developer in which a developer not suitable for the own device is stored. Part assembly and disassembly. The image forming apparatus includes a lock mechanism, a release processing unit, and a restriction processing unit. The locking mechanism is capable of restricting attachment and detachment of the developer storage portion attached to the mounting portion. The release processing section causes the lock mechanism to release the restriction on attaching and detaching the developer accommodating section when detecting a specific state in which a remaining amount of the developer stored in the developer accommodating section attached to the mounting section is smaller than a predetermined reference amount. The restriction processing portion restricts attachment and detachment of the developer storage portion by the lock mechanism when it is determined that the developer storage portion attached to the mounting portion is a specific type of developer storage portion.
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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus that forms an image using a developer, and a method of restricting attachment and detachment of a developer storage portion performed by the image forming apparatus. Background technique [0002] In an image forming apparatus such as a printer, a developer storage portion such as a toner container storing a developer such as toner used for printing is mounted. In such an image forming apparatus, the user can replace the developer container at any timing. In addition, in order to reduce the remaining amount of developer in the developer storage unit at the time of replacement, an image forming apparatus having a locking mechanism that restricts the attachment and detachment of the developer storage unit until it is detected that the developer storage unit runs out is also known to the public. known. [0003] If the developer contained in the developer storage portion is not suitable for the i...
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IPC IPC(8): G03G15/08
CPCG03G15/0822G03G15/0848G03G15/0865G03G15/0872G03G15/55G03G21/1676G03G2221/1654G03G15/0891G03G21/105G03G21/12
Inventor 望月将行寺田刚志
Owner KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC