Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Waste toner container and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 废粉容器和成像设备
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Application No.: US14633378Application Date: 2015-02-27
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Publication No.: US09395678B2Publication Date: 2016-07-19
- Inventor: Shinya Karasawa , Hiromichi Ninomiya , Takeshi Kojima , Hajime Teraji , Michiya Okamoto , Takuma Iwasaki , Daisuke Sawada , Kentaroh Nodera , Daisuke Tomita , Masanori Moro
- Applicant: Shinya Karasawa , Hiromichi Ninomiya , Takeshi Kojima , Hajime Teraji , Michiya Okamoto , Takuma Iwasaki , Daisuke Sawada , Kentaroh Nodera , Daisuke Tomita , Masanori Moro
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC
- Priority: JP2014-047097 20140311; JP2014-094420 20140501
- Main IPC: G03G21/10
- IPC: G03G21/10 ; G03G21/12

Abstract:
The waste toner container includes: a waste toner detection unit configured to detect a state in which a toner surface of waste toner at that position is displaced up to a ceiling portion or near the ceiling portion. The waste toner detection unit includes: a flexibility member installed so as to cover an opening portion formed in the ceiling portion or a side wall and is configured to be deformed by a direct or indirect push by the waste toner; and a movable member formed so as to contact the flexibility member from outside of the container and so as to be displaced by the direct or indirect push by the waste toner interposing the flexibility member such that displacement thereof is detected by a detection unit. The displacement of the movable member is limited by a regulating member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150261172A1 WASTE TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-09-17
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