Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus operable with regular toner container properly mounted
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Application No.: US15338432Application Date: 2016-10-30
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Publication No.: US09857768B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Nobuhiro Fukuma , Daisuke Fujiwara
- 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
- Agent James Judge
- Priority: JP2015-214679 20151030
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/18 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G21/16
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a mounting portion, and a detecting device. The image forming unit forms an image using toner. A toner container of a given type is removably mounted on the mounting portion. The detecting device detects whether or not the toner container has been mounted on the mounting portion. The toner container and the mounting portion respectively include an engaging protrusion and an engaging hole. The engaging protrusion and the engaging hole are engageable with one another. The engaging protrusion and the engaging hole engaged with one another causes the detecting device to detect that the toner container has been mounted on the mounting portion. The engaging protrusion and the engaging hole are of form configured according to the toner container type.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170123343A1 Image Forming Apparatus Operable With Regular Toner Container Properly Mounted Public/Granted day:2017-05-04
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