Image forming apparatus

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a toner container housing, an image forming device, a tuning fork, a vibration generator, a communication circuit, and a terminal. The toner container housing houses a toner bottle storing toner. The toner bottle includes an electrode on a surface of the toner bottle. The image forming device receives the toner in the toner bottle to form a toner image. The vibration generator vibrates the tuning fork. The communication circuit is electrically connected to the tuning fork. The terminal is coupled to the tuning fork and is contactable with the electrode to electrically connect the communication circuit and the electrode of the toner bottle in the toner container housing via the tuning fork. The vibration generator vibrates the tuning fork to vibrate the terminal contacting the electrode.

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