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US 2007/0166060 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeKyocera Mita Corporation
InventorHiroshi Hatanaka
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Abstract
A toner-cartridge-side wireless communication device is attached to a bottom wall of a toner cartridge. A developing-unit-side wireless communication device is attached to an inner position of a toner cartridge mounting portion of a developing unit. The toner-cartridge-side wireless communication device and the developing-unit-side wireless communication device are arranged as opposed to each other, thereby performing stable communication between the toner-cartridge-side wireless communication device and the developing-unit-side wireless communication device.
Claims5
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a toner cartridge for supplying a magnetic toner;
- a developing unit to which the magnetic toner is supplied from the toner cartridge, the developing unit including a toner cartridge mounting portion for mounting the toner cartridge therein;
- a toner-cartridge-side wireless communication device provided at a bottom wall of the toner cartridge;
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- a developing-unit-side wireless communication device, provided at an inner position of the toner cartridge mounting portion, as opposed to the toner-cartridge-side wireless communication device, to communicate with the toner-cartridge-side wireless communication device.
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