Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner container configured to be attachable to and detachable from a toner replenishing portion and a waste toner collecting portion
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Application No.: US15735930Application Date: 2016-05-06
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Publication No.: US10133233B2Publication Date: 2018-11-20
- Inventor: Koji Murata
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-shi, Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-shi, Osaka
- Agency: Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP
- Priority: JP2015-128138 20150625
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/063674 WO 20160506
- International Announcement: WO2016/208282 WO 20161229
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G21/12

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a toner replenishing portion, a waste toner collecting portion, and a toner container. The toner container is attachable to the toner replenishing portion and the waste toner collecting portion. The toner container includes a first lever switchable between first and second positions, and a second lever switchable between third and fourth positions. The toner replenishing portion includes a first actuating portion configured to, while the toner container is being attached to the toner replenishing portion, prohibit an attachment of the toner container, and a second actuating portion configured to switch the second lever to the fourth position. The waste toner collecting portion includes a third actuating portion configured to, while the toner container is being attached to the waste toner collecting portion, prohibit an attachment of the toner container, and a fourth actuating portion configured to switch the first lever to the second position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180173156A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO WHICH TONER CONTAINER IS ATTACHABLE Public/Granted day:2018-06-21
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