Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12416834Application Date: 2009-04-01
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Publication No.: US07991313B2Publication Date: 2011-08-02
- Inventor: Tatsuya Hotogi , Shimpei Matsuo
- Applicant: Tatsuya Hotogi , Shimpei Matsuo
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA Inc IP Division
- Priority: JP2008-096093 20080402
- Main IPC: G03G15/06
- IPC: G03G15/06 ; G03G15/00 ; H01L41/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an alternating-current high-voltage power supply generating an alternating-current bias for detection of the remaining amount of toner. The alternating-current high-voltage power supply includes a piezoelectric transformer, a piezoelectric-transformer driving unit, a piezoelectric-transformer driving-signal generating unit, a voltage detecting unit, a voltage setting unit, and an controlling unit that feeds back a difference signal between a detection level signal supplied from a detection signal detecting unit and a setting signal supplied from the voltage setting unit to the piezoelectric-transformer driving-signal generating unit to control an output voltage from the piezoelectric-transformer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090252515A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-10-08
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