| US 7,512,347 B2 | ||
| Image-forming device capable of determining information on a detachably mounted developer cartridge and developer cartridge for use therein | ||
| Tsutomu Suzuki, Nagoya (Japan); Takeyuki Takagi, Nagoya (Japan); and Yoshifumi Kajikawa, Nagoya (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 28, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/362,820. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-055104 (JP), filed on Feb. 28, 2005; and application No. 2005-180962 (JP), filed on Jun. 21, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0193646 A1, Aug. 31, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—12 [399/27; 399/119] | 39 Claims |
| 1. An image-forming device comprising:
a body;
a developer cartridge accommodating developer therein and detachable from the body;
a motor generating a driving force;
a driving member disposed in the developer cartridge and capable of being driven by the motor a prescribed distance from a
starting position to an ending position when the developer cartridge is mounted in the body;
a moving member provided in association with the driving member so as to be movable together with the driving member;
an information detecting section that detects the moving member as the moving member moves together with the driving member
and outputs detection results; and
a controller that acquires at least two pieces of information on the developer cartridge based on the detection results output
from the information detecting section.
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