公开(公告)号：US5557382A

公开(公告)日：1996-09-17

申请号：US554520

申请日：1995-11-07

申请人： Kenzou Tatsumi ,  Takeshi Saito ,  Akio Kutsuwada ,  Noboru Kusunose ,  Shigeru Yoshiki

发明人： Kenzou Tatsumi ,  Takeshi Saito ,  Akio Kutsuwada ,  Noboru Kusunose ,  Shigeru Yoshiki

IPC分类号： G03G21/18 ,  G03G15/08

CPC分类号： G03G15/0868 ,  G03G15/0877 ,  G03G2215/0665 ,  G03G2215/0668 ,  G03G2215/0675 ,  G03G2215/0685 ,  Y10S222/01

摘要： In a developing device included in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, a device for replenishing toner to the developing device has a toner container having a hollow cylindrical body. The body is formed with a toner outlet at the center of one end thereof. A holder arrangement holds the container such that the toner can be delivered to a toner inlet portion included in the developing device. A drive mechanism causes the container to rotate about its own axis. The holder arrangement is formed with an opening for feeding the toner flowing out via the toner outlet to the toner inlet portion. The opening is covered with an elastic member having a holed portion. The device is capable of replenishing a predetermined amount of toner to the developing device at all times.

摘要翻译： 在电子照相图像形成装置中包括的显影装置中，向显影装置补充调色剂的装置具有具有中空圆柱体的调色剂容器。 主体在其一端的中心形成有调色剂出口。 保持器装置保持容器，使得调色剂可以被输送到包括在显影装置中的调色剂入口部分。 驱动机构使容器围绕其自己的轴线旋转。 保持器布置形成有用于将经由调色剂出口流出的调色剂供给到调色剂入口部分的开口。 开口被具有孔部的弹性构件覆盖。 该装置能够始终向显影装置补充预定量的调色剂。

公开(公告)号：US5828935A

公开(公告)日：1998-10-27

申请号：US729525

申请日：1996-10-11

申请人： Kenzo Tatsumi ,  Noboru Kusunose ,  Shigeru Yoshiki

发明人： Kenzo Tatsumi ,  Noboru Kusunose ,  Shigeru Yoshiki

IPC分类号： G03G15/08

CPC分类号： G03G15/0886 ,  G03G15/0855 ,  G03G15/0865 ,  G03G15/0868 ,  G03G2215/0665 ,  G03G2221/183

摘要： A toner bottle (38) has projections (38c, 38c') on its bottom surface. The projections (38c, 38c') extend in the axial direction but are spaced away from the central-axis line of the toner bottle (38). The projections (38c, 38c') are engaged with convex portions (62b, 62b') formed in a joint (62) of a drive portion (60). When the drive portion (60) starts rotating, the torque is transferred to the toner bottle (38) via the projections (38c, 38c') and the convex portions (62b, 62b'). Since the torque is transferred from the bottom side of the toner bottle (38), the toner bottle (38) can be attached to or detached from a body of an image forming apparatus in a direction of the central-axis line. Toner discharged from the toner bottle (38) is introduced into a process cartridge through an opening portion (48) of a toner hopper portion (40) and a toner introducing cover (52). A shutter member (88) is disposed in the toner introducing cover (52). The shutter member (88) consists of a flexible elastic member (90) and a holding member (92) for holding the elastic member (90). The shutter member (88) intersects with the opening plane of a toner supplying port. Guiding portions for bending and guiding the elastic member (90) along the toner supplying port are also disposed in the toner introducing cover (52).

摘要翻译： 调色剂瓶（38）在其底表面上具有突起（38c，38c'）。 突起38c，38c'沿轴向方向延伸，但与调色剂瓶38的中心轴线间隔开。 突起（38c，38c'）与形成在驱动部（60）的接头（62）中的凸部（62b，62b'）接合。 当驱动部分（60）开始旋转时，扭矩经由突起（38c，38c'）和凸部（62b，62b'）传递到调色剂瓶（38）。 由于扭矩从调色剂瓶（38）的底侧传递，所以可以在图像形成装置的主体上沿着中心轴线的方向安装或拆卸墨粉瓶（38）。 从调色剂瓶（38）排出的调色剂通过调色剂料斗部分（40）和调色剂引入盖（52）的开口部分（48）被引入处理盒。 在调色剂引入盖（52）中设置有快门部件（88）。 活门构件（88）由用于保持弹性构件（90）的柔性弹性构件（90）和保持构件（92）组成。 活门构件（88）与调色剂供给口的开口平面相交。 用于沿着调色剂供应口弯曲和引导弹性构件（90）的引导部分也设置在调色剂引入盖（52）中。

公开(公告)号：US5765079A

公开(公告)日：1998-06-09

申请号：US686070

申请日：1996-07-24

申请人： Shigeru Yoshiki ,  Noboru Kusunose ,  Kenzo Tatsumi ,  Hideo Yoshizawa

发明人： Shigeru Yoshiki ,  Noboru Kusunose ,  Kenzo Tatsumi ,  Hideo Yoshizawa

IPC分类号： B65D83/06 ,  G03G15/08

CPC分类号： G03G15/0868 ,  G03G2215/0663 ,  G03G2215/0685 ,  Y10S222/01

摘要： A toner bottle has a bottle body (1) containing toner and a cap (5) closing an opening portion (3) formed in the bottle body (1), and toner is supplied through the opening portion (3). A plateshaped toner scraping member (20) extending into the opening portion (3) and having elasticity is provided on the back surface of the cap (5) in the diameter direction of the cap (5). Also, the outer end of the toner scraping member (20) is positioned inside of the bottle body (1) beyond the opening portion (3) even when the cap (5) is in its cap-opened position. If the toner bottle is constructed in this way, the toner on the opening portion (3) will be scraped by the toner scraping member (20) and toner condensation can be reliably prevented at the opening portion (3) when toner is supplied from the bottle body (1) by rotation of the toner bottle.

摘要翻译： 调色剂瓶具有容纳调色剂的瓶主体（1）和封闭形成在瓶主体（1）中的开口部分（3）的盖（5），并且通过开口部分（3）供应调色剂。 在盖（5）的直径方向上的盖（5）的后表面上设置延伸到开口部分（3）中并且具有弹性的板状调色剂刮擦构件（20）。 此外，即使当盖（5）处于其打开位置时，调色剂刮除构件（20）的外端也位于瓶主体（1）的内部超过开口部分（3）。 如果以这种方式构造调色剂瓶，则打开部分（3）上的调色剂将被调色剂刮除构件（20）刮下，并且当从该开口部分（3）供应调色剂时，可以可靠地防止在开口部分（3）处的调色剂凝结 瓶体（1）通过调色剂瓶的旋转。

公开(公告)号：US5909610A

公开(公告)日：1999-06-01

申请号：US872049

申请日：1997-06-10

申请人： Shigeru Yoshiki ,  Noboru Kusunose

发明人： Shigeru Yoshiki ,  Noboru Kusunose

IPC分类号： G03G15/08 ,  G03G21/18 ,  G03G15/04

CPC分类号： G03G15/0886 ,  G03G15/0868

摘要： A toner cartridge (1000) that is attached to a development unit of an image forming apparatus in order to supply toner to the development unit comprises a toner bottle (100) containing toner, a lid member (200) fitted on a toner outlet (114d) of the toner bottle (100), and an armoring member (300) in which the toner bottle (100) is housed and to which the lid member (200) is attached. The lid member (200) is provided with a toner supply mechanism for supplying the toner contained in the toner bottle (100) to the development unit when the toner cartridge (1000) is attached to the development unit of the image forming apparatus. In the toner cartridge (1000), both of or one of the lid member (200) and the armoring member (300) is shaped quadrangularly in external appearance. The armoring member (300) and the toner bottle (100) are individually constructed so that the toner cartridge (1000) has a double construction comprising the armoring member (300) and the toner bottle (100).

摘要翻译： 附着到图像形成装置的显影单元以便向显影单元供应调色剂的调色剂盒（1000）包括：容纳调色剂的调色剂瓶（100），安装在调色剂出口（114d）上的盖构件（200） ）和容纳调色剂瓶（100）的铠装构件（300），并且盖构件（200）附接到该铠装构件。 盖构件（200）设置有调色剂供给机构，用于当调色剂盒（1000）附接到图像形成装置的显影单元时，将容纳在调色剂瓶（100）中的调色剂供给到显影单元。 在调色剂盒（1000）中，盖构件（200）和铠装构件（300）中的一个或一个外形呈四边形。 铠装构件（300）和调色剂瓶（100）分别构造成使得调色剂盒（1000）具有包括铠装构件（300）和调色剂瓶（100）的双重结构。

公开(公告)号：US5627631A

公开(公告)日：1997-05-06

申请号：US587966

申请日：1996-01-17

申请人： Hideo Ichikawa ,  Takeshi Saito ,  Sunao Ikeda ,  Nobuhiro Makita ,  Seiji Ozawa ,  Shigeru Yoshiki ,  Takaaki Yanagisawa

发明人： Hideo Ichikawa ,  Takeshi Saito ,  Sunao Ikeda ,  Nobuhiro Makita ,  Seiji Ozawa ,  Shigeru Yoshiki ,  Takaaki Yanagisawa

IPC分类号： G03G15/08

CPC分类号： G03G15/0868 ,  G03G15/0855 ,  G03G15/0865 ,  G03G15/0872 ,  G03G2215/0663 ,  G03G2215/0665 ,  G03G2215/0668 ,  G03G2215/0675 ,  G03G2215/0685 ,  Y10S220/19 ,  Y10S222/01

摘要： A developer replenishing device for replenishing a developing device with a developer, and a developer container for use therewith. The developer container, or toner bottle, has a mouth portion at one end thereof which is smaller in diameter than a hollow cylindrical main body. At the end of the bottle provided with the mouth, a shoulder has the inner periphery thereof partly raised to the edge of the mouth portion to form a raised portion for scooping up a toner. In addition, a part of the inner periphery of the circumferential wall of the bottle which is contiguous with the raised portion is also raised toward the axis of the bottle about which the bottle is rotatable, thereby forming another raised portion. When the bottle is mounted to a bottle holder, which is included in the replenishing device, substantially horizontally with the mouth portion oriented sideways, the bottle is rotated to raise the toner from the bottom of the main body to the mouth portion. As a result, the toner is discharged to the outside via the mouth portion smoothly.

摘要翻译： 用于用显影剂补充显影装置的显影剂补充装置和与其一起使用的显影剂容器。 显影剂容器或调色剂瓶在其一端具有直径小于中空圆柱形主体的口部。 在设置有口部的瓶子的端部，肩部的内周部分地部分地升高到嘴部的边缘，以形成用于舀取调色剂的凸起部分。 此外，与凸起部分邻接的瓶的圆周壁的内周的一部分也朝向瓶可旋转的瓶的轴线升高，从而形成另一个凸起部分。 当瓶子被安装到包括在补充装置中的瓶保持器时，基本上水平地使口部侧向取向，瓶子被旋转以将调色剂从主体的底部升高到嘴部。 结果，调色剂通过口部平滑地排出到外部。

公开(公告)号：US5918090A

公开(公告)日：1999-06-29

申请号：US161317

申请日：1998-09-28

申请人： Hideo Ichikawa ,  Takeshi Saito ,  Sunao Ikeda ,  Nobuhiro Makita ,  Seiji Ozawa ,  Shigeru Yoshiki ,  Takaaki Yanagisawa

发明人： Hideo Ichikawa ,  Takeshi Saito ,  Sunao Ikeda ,  Nobuhiro Makita ,  Seiji Ozawa ,  Shigeru Yoshiki ,  Takaaki Yanagisawa

IPC分类号： G03G15/08

CPC分类号： G03G15/0868 ,  G03G15/0855 ,  G03G15/0865 ,  G03G15/0872 ,  G03G2215/0663 ,  G03G2215/0665 ,  G03G2215/0668 ,  G03G2215/0675 ,  G03G2215/0685 ,  Y10S220/19 ,  Y10S222/01

摘要： A developer replenishing device for replenishing a developing device with a developer, and a developer container for use therewith. The developer container, or toner bottle, has a mouth portion at one end thereof which is smaller in diameter than a hollow cylindrical main body. At the end of the bottle provided with the mouth, a shoulder has the inner periphery thereof partly raised to the edge of the mouth portion to form a raised portion for scooping up a toner. In addition, a part of the inner periphery of the circumferential wall of the bottle which is contiguous with the raised portion is also raised toward the axis of the bottle about which the bottle is rotatable, thereby forming another raised portion. When the bottle is mounted to a bottle holder, which is included in the replenishing device, substantially horizontally with the mouth portion oriented sideways, the bottle is rotated to raise the toner from the bottom of the main body to the mouth portion. As a result, the toner is discharged to the outside via the mouth portion smoothly.

公开(公告)号：US06751431B2

公开(公告)日：2004-06-15

申请号：US10173981

申请日：2002-06-19

申请人： Hideo Ichikawa ,  Takeshi Saito ,  Sunao Ikeda ,  Nobuhiro Makita ,  Seiji Ozawa ,  Shigeru Yoshiki ,  Takaaki Yanagisawa

发明人： Hideo Ichikawa ,  Takeshi Saito ,  Sunao Ikeda ,  Nobuhiro Makita ,  Seiji Ozawa ,  Shigeru Yoshiki ,  Takaaki Yanagisawa

IPC分类号： G03G1508

CPC分类号： G03G15/0868 ,  G03G15/0855 ,  G03G15/0865 ,  G03G15/0872 ,  G03G2215/0663 ,  G03G2215/0665 ,  G03G2215/0668 ,  G03G2215/0675 ,  G03G2215/0685 ,  Y10S220/19 ,  Y10S222/01

摘要： A developer replenishing device for replenishing a developing device with a developer, and a developer container for use therewith. The developer container, or toner bottle, includes a shoulder portion adjoining a first end of a hollow body. The body is formed with a spiral guide for guiding a developer stored in the developer container. The shoulder portion forms a wall and includes an engaging portion engageable with driver that causes the body to rotate. The engaging portion includes a lug protruding from the shoulder portion which allows a characteristic of toner to be identified. The engaging portion has an outside surface of a guide portion that guides a developer stored in the developer container. Two engaging portions may be angularly spaced from each other by 180 degrees. The developer container also includes a discharge mouth, which adjoins the first end of the body, which is smaller in diameter than the shoulder portion, and which includes an annular collar protruding outwardly, and a positioning portion positioned on a holder for the developer container. The positioning portion includes a lug protruding from an outside surface of the body. The holder for the developer container includes a hitting member which hits against the outside surface when the body is caused to rotate. A plurality of lugs are formed on an outside circumferential surface of the collar of the discharge mouth.

摘要翻译： 用于用显影剂补充显影装置的显影剂补充装置和与其一起使用的显影剂容器。 显影剂容器或调色剂瓶包括邻接中空体的第一端的肩部。 主体形成有用于引导存储在显影剂容器中的显影剂的螺旋引导件。 肩部形成壁并且包括与驱动器接合的接合部分，其使得主体旋转。 接合部分包括从肩部突出的凸耳，其允许识别调色剂的特性。 接合部分具有导向部分的外表面，该引导部分引导存储在显影剂容器中的显影剂。 两个接合部分可以彼此成角度地间隔180度。 显影剂容器还包括排放口，其邻接于身体的第一端部，其直径小于肩部部分，并且包括向外突出的环形套圈以及位于显影剂容器的保持器上的定位部分。 定位部分包括从主体的外表面突出的凸耳。 用于显影剂容器的保持器包括当主体旋转时撞击外表面的击打构件。 在排出口的轴环的外周面上形成有多个凸耳。

公开(公告)号：US6075963A

公开(公告)日：2000-06-13

申请号：US306048

申请日：1999-05-06

申请人： Hideo Ichikawa ,  Takeshi Saito ,  Sunao Ikeda ,  Nobuhiro Makita ,  Seiji Ozawa ,  Shigeru Yoshiki ,  Takaaki Yanagisawa

发明人： Hideo Ichikawa ,  Takeshi Saito ,  Sunao Ikeda ,  Nobuhiro Makita ,  Seiji Ozawa ,  Shigeru Yoshiki ,  Takaaki Yanagisawa

IPC分类号： G03G15/08

CPC分类号： G03G15/0868 ,  G03G15/0855 ,  G03G15/0865 ,  G03G15/0872 ,  G03G2215/0663 ,  G03G2215/0665 ,  G03G2215/0668 ,  G03G2215/0675 ,  G03G2215/0685 ,  Y10S220/19 ,  Y10S222/01

摘要： A developer replenishing device for replenishing a developing device with a developer, and a developer container for use therewith. The developer container, or toner bottle, has a mouth portion at one end thereof which is smaller in diameter than a hollow cylindrical main body. At the end of the bottle provided with the mouth, a shoulder has the inner periphery thereof partly raised to the edge of the mouth portion to form a raised portion for scooping up a toner. In addition, a part of the inner periphery of the circumferential wall of the bottle which is contiguous with the raised portion is also raised toward the axis of the bottle about which the bottle is rotatable, thereby forming another raised portion. When the bottle is mounted to a bottle holder, which is included in the replenishing device, substantially horizontally with the mouth portion oriented sideways, the bottle is rotated to raise the toner from the bottom of the main body to the mouth portion. As a result, the toner is discharged to the outside via the mouth portion smoothly.

公开(公告)号：US5500719A

公开(公告)日：1996-03-19

申请号：US386875

申请日：1995-02-10

申请人： Hideo Ichikawa ,  Takeshi Saito ,  Sunao Ikeda ,  Nobuhiro Makita ,  Seiji Ozawa ,  Shigeru Yoshiki ,  Takaaki Yanagisawa

发明人： Hideo Ichikawa ,  Takeshi Saito ,  Sunao Ikeda ,  Nobuhiro Makita ,  Seiji Ozawa ,  Shigeru Yoshiki ,  Takaaki Yanagisawa

IPC分类号： G03G15/08 ,  G03G15/06

CPC分类号： G03G15/0868 ,  G03G15/0855 ,  G03G15/0865 ,  G03G15/0872 ,  G03G2215/0663 ,  G03G2215/0665 ,  G03G2215/0668 ,  G03G2215/0675 ,  G03G2215/0685 ,  Y10S220/19 ,  Y10S222/01

摘要： A developer replenishing device for replenishing a developing device with a developer, and a developer container for use therewith. The developer container, or toner bottle, has a mouth portion at one end thereof which is smaller in diameter than a hollow cylindrical main body. At the end of the bottle provided with the mouth, a shoulder has the inner periphery thereof partly raised to the edge of the mouth portion to form a raised portion for scooping up a toner. In addition, a part of the inner periphery of the circumferential wall of the bottle which is contiguous with the raised portion is also raised toward the axis of the bottle about which the bottle is rotatable, thereby forming another raised portion. When the bottle is mounted to a bottle holder, which is included in the replenishing device, substantially horizontally with the mouth portion oriented sideways, the bottle is rotated to raise the toner from the bottom of the main body to the mouth portion. As a result, the toner is discharged to the outside via the mouth portion smoothly.

公开(公告)号：US06289195B1

公开(公告)日：2001-09-11

申请号：US09549510

申请日：2000-04-14

申请人： Hideo Ichikawa ,  Takeshi Saito ,  Sunao Ikeda ,  Nobuhiro Makita ,  Seiji Ozawa ,  Shigeru Yoshiki ,  Takaaki Yanagisawa

发明人： Hideo Ichikawa ,  Takeshi Saito ,  Sunao Ikeda ,  Nobuhiro Makita ,  Seiji Ozawa ,  Shigeru Yoshiki ,  Takaaki Yanagisawa

IPC分类号： G03G1508

CPC分类号： G03G15/0868 ,  G03G15/0855 ,  G03G15/0865 ,  G03G15/0872 ,  G03G2215/0663 ,  G03G2215/0665 ,  G03G2215/0668 ,  G03G2215/0675 ,  G03G2215/0685 ,  Y10S220/19 ,  Y10S222/01

摘要： A developer replenishing device for replenishing a developing device with a developer, and a developer container for use therewith. The developer container, or toner bottle, has a mouth portion at one end thereof which is smaller in diameter than a hollow cylindrical main body. At the end of the bottle provided with the mouth portion, a shoulder has the inner periphery thereof partly raised to the edge of the mouth portion to form a raised portion for scooping up a toner. In addition, a part of the inner periphery of the circumferental wall of the bottle, which is contiguous with the raised portion, is also raised toward the axis of the bottle, about which the bottle is rotatable, thereby forming another raised portion. When the bottle is mounted on a bottle holder, which is included in the replienishing device, substantially horizontally with the mouth portion oriented sideways, the bottle is rotated to raise the toner from the bottom of the main body to the mouth portion. As a result, the toner is discharged to the outside via the mouth portion smoothly.

摘要翻译： 用于用显影剂补充显影装置的显影剂补充装置和与其一起使用的显影剂容器。 显影剂容器或调色剂瓶在其一端具有直径小于中空圆柱形主体的口部。 在设置有口部的瓶的端部，肩部的内周部分地向嘴部的边缘升高，以形成用于舀起调色剂的凸起部分。 此外，与凸起部分相邻的瓶子的外周壁的内周的一部分也朝向瓶子的轴线升高，瓶子可旋转，从而形成另一个凸起部分。 当瓶子被安装在包括在复制装置中的瓶保持器上时，基本上水平地将口部侧向取向，使瓶子旋转以将调色剂从主体的底部升高到嘴部。 结果，调色剂通过口部平滑地排出到外部。