Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner container and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 调色剂容器和成像设备
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Application No.: US13581704Application Date: 2011-03-01
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Publication No.: US08989636B2Publication Date: 2015-03-24
- Inventor: Eisuke Hori , Noriyuki Kimura , Nobuo Takami , Yuji Suzuki , Hideki Kimura , Kenji Kikuchi , Junji Yamabe , Masato Suzuki
- Applicant: Eisuke Hori , Noriyuki Kimura , Nobuo Takami , Yuji Suzuki , Hideki Kimura , Kenji Kikuchi , Junji Yamabe , Masato Suzuki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2010-044045 20100301; JP2010-052559 20100310; JP2010-052625 20100310; JP2010-134325 20100611; JP2010-134524 20100611; JP2011-009782 20110120; JP2011-009849 20110120
- International Application: PCT/JP2011/055177 WO 20110301
- International Announcement: WO2011/108741 WO 20110909
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner container that is detachably attached to a main body of an image forming apparatus such that a longitudinal direction of the toner container is parallel to a horizontal direction is provided. The toner container includes: a cylindrical container body that has an opening on one end, and is configured to convey toner inside the body toward the opening; a cap portion into which the opening of the container body is inserted, and which includes a toner outlet at a bottom portion for discharging toner discharged from the opening of the container body to the outside of the toner container in a vertically downward direction; and a shutter member that is held on the bottom portion of the cap portion, and moves along an outer periphery of the cap portion to open and close the toner outlet. The cap portion is formed by integral molding.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120321341A1 TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-12-20
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