Invention Grant
US08706010B2 Image forming apparatus using a toner container in which the toner outlet may be positioned in a horizontal or vertical direction
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使用调色剂容器的图像形成装置，其中调色剂出口可以位于水平或垂直方向
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus using a toner container in which the toner outlet may be positioned in a horizontal or vertical direction
- Patent Title (中): 使用调色剂容器的图像形成装置，其中调色剂出口可以位于水平或垂直方向
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Application No.: US13194007Application Date: 2011-07-29
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Publication No.: US08706010B2Publication Date: 2014-04-22
- Inventor: Atsushi Takehara , Tomohiro Kubota , Naoki Nakatake , Sho Tsuritani
- Applicant: Atsushi Takehara , Tomohiro Kubota , Naoki Nakatake , Sho Tsuritani
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2010-174512 20100803
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, including an image developer to develop an electrostatic latent image and a toner provider to provide a toner from a toner container to the image developer in a direction of gravitational force. The toner container is capable of taking a first position of directing a toner outlet in a horizontal direction; a second position of directing the toner outlet in a direction of gravitational force; and a position of being removed, directing the toner outlet upward relative to the horizontal direction when further rotating from the first position. The toner container includes a main cap member to close the toner outlet when taking the first position and the position of being removed; and a sub-cap member to cover the main cap member while the toner container is displaced from the first position to the position of being removed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120033996A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-02-09
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