Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner container and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15532104Application Date: 2015-11-10
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Publication No.: US09964894B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Takashi Morita
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JP2014-261890 20141225
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/081568 WO 20151110
- International Announcement: WO2016/103932 WO 20160630
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner container includes a container main body having a toner replenishment port and a shutter mechanism. The shutter mechanism has a shutter member having a discharge port and a cover member supported by the shutter member so as to extend toward the replenishment port. The shutter member is movable in an opening direction from a closing position where the discharge port is retracted from the replenishment port to an opening position where the discharge port is communicated with the replenishment port and in a closing direction from the opening position to the closing position. The cover member has a tip end portion that extends toward the replenishment port as the shutter member moves in the closing direction, comes into contact with a downstream side edge portion of the replenishment port at the closing position and retracts from the replenishment port as the shutter member moves in the opening direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170269506A1 TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-09-21
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