Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner case and image forming apparatus including the same
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Application No.: US15371694Application Date: 2016-12-07
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Publication No.: US09785089B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Koji Izumi , Koji Murata
- 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: JP2015-240481 20151209
- Main IPC: G03G15/095
- IPC: G03G15/095 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G21/10

Abstract:
A toner case includes a case main body, a supplying port, a collecting port, a supplying shutter, and a collecting shutter. The supplying shutter opens the supplying port in accordance with attachment of the case main body to a supplying attachment part, closes the supplying port in accordance with detachment of the case main body from the supplying attachment part, and closes the supplying port in a state that the case main body is attached to a collecting attachment part. The collecting shutter opens the collecting port in accordance with attachment of the case main body to the collecting attachment part, closes the collecting port in accordance with detachment of the case main body from the collecting attachment part, and closes the collecting port in a state that the case main body is attached to the supplying attachment part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170168424A1 TONER CASE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2017-06-15
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