Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detachable toner cartridge and image forming apparatus including the same
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Application No.: US12695298Application Date: 2010-01-28
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Publication No.: US08385772B2Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: Young-min Yoon , Se-il Kwon , Young-jo Kwon
- Applicant: Young-min Yoon , Se-il Kwon , Young-jo Kwon
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Stanzione & Kim, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2009-0080720 20090828
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a toner cartridge that has an inner shutter and an outer shutter and is attached to and detached from a main body through a door disposed on a main body. The outer shutter moves to a position in which toner is allowed to be discharged through a toner outlet of the toner cartridge when the toner cartridge is loaded into the main body, and the inner shutter moves to an open position in which the toner outlet is opened by being interlocked in a closing operation of the door after the toner cartridge is loaded into the main body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110052266A1 DETACHABLE TONER CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2011-03-03
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