Image forming apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing toner clogging detection program
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorRyosuke HASEGAWA
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a waste toner collection path through which waste toner is collected; a motor that drives a conveyance member provided in the waste toner collection path; and a processor that acquires a phase-to-phase voltage which is at least one in-phase voltage of the motor, and detects a sign of toner clogging in the waste toner collection path, based on a variation in the phase-to-phase voltage.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a waste toner collection path through which waste toner is collected;
- a motor that drives a conveyance member provided in the waste toner collection path;
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- a processor that acquires a phase-to-phase voltage which is at least one in-phase voltage of the motor, and detects a sign of toner clogging in the waste toner collection path, based on a variation in the phase-to-phase voltage.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a toner clogging detection program for an image forming apparatus including a waste toner collection path through which waste toner is collected, and a motor that drives a conveyance member provided in the waste toner collection path, the toner clogging detection program causing a computer to execute processing of:
- acquiring a phase-to-phase voltage which is at least one in-phase voltage of the motor;
- and
- detecting a sign of toner clogging in the waste toner collection path, based on a variation in the phase-to-phase voltage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.