Invention Application
- Patent Title: TONER CASE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
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Application No.: US15498562Application Date: 2017-04-27
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Publication No.: US20170343927A1Publication Date: 2017-11-30
- Inventor: Takashi KAINUMA , Masanobu MAESHIMA
- 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
- Priority: JP2016-105523 20160526
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner case includes a case main body, a shutter mount and a shutter. The case main body contains a toner to be replenished to a development device provided in an apparatus main body and is detachably attached to the apparatus main body. The case main body has an opened face on which a discharge port is arranged and the discharge port corresponds to a replenishment port of the development device in a state where the case main body is attached to the apparatus main body. The shutter mount is provided to form a gap between the opened face of the case main body and the shutter mount. The shutter is provided between the opened face of the case main body and the shutter mount to be slidable to open and close the discharge port. The shutter mount includes a film which comes into sliding contact with the shutter.
Public/Granted literature
- US09996030B2 Toner case and image forming apparatus including the same Public/Granted day:2018-06-12
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