Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner case and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15791480Application Date: 2017-10-24
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Publication No.: US10209644B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Hiroaki Kitagawa , Teruyuki Miyamoto
- 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: JP2016-214624 20161101
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner case includes a case main body, a rotator, a transmitter and a shutter. The case main body has a discharge port through which a toner is discharged. The rotator is stored in the case main body and rotates around a rotation axis. The transmitter transmits rotation to the rotator. At least a part of the transmitter is exposed to an outside of the case main body. The shutter is rotatable between a closing position where the shutter closes the discharge port and an opening position where the shutter opens the discharge port. The transmitter is movable between a first position and a second position which is arranged at an outside of the first position in a rotation axis direction of the rotator. The transmitter moves from the first position to the second position as the shutter rotates from the closing position to the opening position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180120735A1 TONER CASE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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