Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16677260Application Date: 2019-11-07
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Publication No.: US10754291B2Publication Date: 2020-08-25
- Inventor: Hiromu Matsumoto , Nobuhiro Fukuma
- 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: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@4b23faf4
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a toner container, and a lock drive portion. The toner container is attached to an attachment position set in an apparatus main body. The lock drive portion acquires a identification information from a storage portion, and upon determining, based on the identification information, that the toner container has an attachment compatibility, places a lock member at a lock position, and upon determining that the toner container does not have the attachment compatibility, places the lock member at a unlock position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200150580A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-05-14
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