IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: SAKAGUCHI SHINTARO, MIZUNO YUSUKE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 04.04.2022
• Subjects: CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PRINTED CIRCUITS

To provide an image forming apparatus that can satisfactorily cool a plurality of cartridges through cooling control.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus comprises: a main body housing; a first cartridge that stores developer; a second cartridge that stores developer; a first temperature sensor that acquires the temperature inside the main body housing; and a control unit. The control unit calculates a first temperature for control corresponding to the first cartridge based on an acquired value of the first temperature sensor and a first coefficient to be multiplied on the acquired value of the first temperature sensor, calculates a second temperature for control corresponding to the second cartridge based on the acquired value of the first temperature sensor and a second coefficient to be multiplied on the acquired value of the first temperature sensor, the second coefficient different from the first coefficient, and executes cooling control for cooling the inside of the main body housing based on higher one of the first temperature for control and the second temperature for control (S202).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7 【課題】冷却制御によって複数のカートリッジを良好に冷却させることができる画像形成装置を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】画像形成装置は、本体筐体と、現像剤を収容する第１カートリッジと、現像剤を収容する第２カートリッジと、本体筐体内の温度を取得する第１温度センサと、制御部と、を備える。制御部は、第１温度センサの取得値と、第１温度センサの取得値にかける第１係数とに基づいて、第１カートリッジに対応した第１制御用温度を演算し、第１温度センサの取得値と、第１温度センサの取得値にかける第２係数であって、第１係数とは異なる第２係数とに基づいて、第２カートリッジに対応した第２制御用温度を演算し、第１制御用温度および第２制御用温度のうち高い方に基づいて、本体筐体内を冷却するための冷却制御を実行する（Ｓ２０２）。【選択図】図７