Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming device and toner device
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置和调色剂装置
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Application No.: US10430306Application Date: 2003-05-07
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Publication No.: US06853821B2Publication Date: 2005-02-08
- Inventor: Yasuyuki Ishiguro , Keiji Kato , Toshio Nishino , Atsushi Inoue , Toshihide Ohgoshi , Humito Mizoguchi , Wataru Yoshida
- Applicant: Yasuyuki Ishiguro , Keiji Kato , Toshio Nishino , Atsushi Inoue , Toshihide Ohgoshi , Humito Mizoguchi , Wataru Yoshida
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2002-152372 20020527
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner cartridge stored in a developer casing includes a biasing force generating device, an actuating rod that switches the biasing device between an active state and a non-active state by one movement of a release member. A developer casing swings by the movement of the actuating rod and presses a developing roller with appropriate pressure to a photosensitive drum. There is a lock member that is restrained from moving by the movement of the actuating rod. The structure recited is capable of inserting and fixing the developer casing to an image forming device. Also, by one restore movement of the release member, the photosensitive drum and the developing roller are separated and the lock is released, thereby enabling removal/exchange of the developer casing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030219284A1 Toner cartridge and image forming device comprising the same Public/Granted day:2003-11-27
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