摘要:
A developer supply system including a developer supply apparatus and a developer supply container which is detachably mountable to the apparatus, the system includes the developer supply container including a rotatable container body having an inner space configured and positioned to contain a developer; a feeding portion configured and positioned to feed the developer in the container body to discharge the developer out of the container body with a rotation of the container body; and a hooking portion configured and positioned to engage with the apparatus to receive a rotational force for rotating the container body; the apparatus including a driving member configured and positioned to apply the rotational force; a drive transmitting member configured and positioned to engage with the hooking portion to transmit the rotational force from the driving member to the hooking portion, the drive transmitting member, which has engaged with the hooking portion, being movable between a first position where the drive transmitting member and the driving member are engaged with each other and a second position where the drive transmitting member and the driving member are not engaged with each other; and a displacing member configured and positioned to displace the hooking portion to release an engagement between the hooking portion and the drive transmitting member which is in the second position.
摘要:
A developer supply system including a developer supply apparatus and a developer supply container which is detachably mountable to the apparatus, the system includes the developer supply container including a rotatable container body having an inner space configured and positioned to contain a developer; a feeding portion configured and positioned to feed the developer in the container body to discharge the developer out of the container body with a rotation of the container body; and a hooking portion configured and positioned to engage with the apparatus to receive a rotational force for rotating the container body; the apparatus including a driving member configured and positioned to apply the rotational force; a drive transmitting member configured and positioned to engage with the hooking portion to transmit the rotational force from the driving member to the hooking portion, the drive transmitting member, which has engaged with the hooking portion, being movable between a first position where the drive transmitting member and the driving member are engaged with each other and a second position where the drive transmitting member and the driving member are not engaged with each other; and a displacing member configured and positioned to displace the hooking portion to release an engagement between the hooking portion and the drive transmitting member which is in the second position.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes accommodating assembly for accommodating a plurality of developing devices on stages arranged substantially vertically and having first driving mechanism for moving the developing devices in a substantially horizontal plane, an image formation assembly for receiving selected one of the developing devices moved out of the accommodating assembly and for further moving it in a substantially horizontal plane, the image formation assembly including systems for forming images using the developing device, the accommodating assembly further including an opening for allowing a the developing device to be loaded into the accommodating assembly.
摘要:
A developer supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, includes a container body for containing a developer; a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the developer from the container body; shutter means for unsealing and sealing the discharge opening; wherein the shutter means has a first shutter member and a second shutter member resealably provided at a position facing to the discharge opening.
摘要:
A developer supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, includes a container body for containing a developer; a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the developer from the container body; shutter means for unsealing and sealing the discharge opening; wherein the shutter means has a first shutter member and a second shutter member resealably provided at a position facing to the discharge opening.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus has a main assembly including an image bearing member and a device for forming a latent image on the image bearing member and an; accommodating device for accommodating a plurality of developing devices; the main assembly further including first developing device moving device for moving the developing devices; the accommodating device including second developing device moving device for moving the developing devices to a position at which the developing devices can be supplied into the main assembly and third developing device moving device for moving the developing devices from the supplying position into the main assembly; device for selecting a developing device for developing a latent image formed by the image forming device; device for starting image forming operation by the image forming device; and control device for controlling the first and second moving device, the control device operating the second moving device in response to a signal from the selecting device to place the developing device selected by the selecting device to the supply position and operating the third moving device in response to a signal from the image formation starting device to move the selected developing device into the main assembly.
摘要:
A sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet along a sheet path, has a skew detecting unit for detecting the skew of the sheet being conveyed, a skew correcting unit rotatable in a direction to correct the skew of the sheet in a state nipping the sheet in its skew state, on the basis of a detection signal from the skew detecting unit, a position correcting unit for moving the skew correcting unit in a direction intersecting with the sheet conveying direction, and a controller for controlling so as to move the skew correcting unit in the direction intersecting with the sheet conveying direction by the position correcting unit while conveying the sheet by the skew correcting unit, in order to convey the sheet in a state coincident with the sheet conveying direction when the skew correcting unit is rotated to correct the skew of the sheet and convey the sheet in the rotated state.
摘要:
A developer supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, includes a container body for containing a developer; a discharge opening for permitting discharge of the developer from the container body; shutter means for unsealing and sealing the discharge opening; wherein the shutter means has a first shutter member and a second shutter member resealably provided at a position facing to the discharge opening.
摘要:
The present-invention has as its object to provide a sheet conveying apparatus which can improve the correction accuracy of a sheet and can prevent the skew feeding of the sheet, and for this purpose, it provides a sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet by sheet conveying means disposed along a sheet conveying path, including: skew detecting means for detecting the skew of the sheet being conveyed with respect to a sheet conveying direction; skew correcting means rotatable in a direction to correct the skew of the sheet in a state nipping the sheet in its skew state, on the basis of a detection signal from the skew detecting means; position correcting means for moving the skew correcting means in a direction intersecting with a sheet conveying direction; and control means for controlling so as to move the skew correcting means in the direction intersecting with the sheet conveying direction by the position correcting means while conveying the sheet by the skew correcting means, in order to convey the sheet in a state coincident with the sheet conveying direction when the skew correcting means is rotated to correct the skew of the sheet, and conveys the sheet in the rotated state.
摘要:
The present provides a sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet by sheet conveying device, including detection device which detects a skew of a conveyed sheet with respect to a sheet conveying direction, skew correcting device which pivots, in a state nipping the sheet in a skewed state, in a direction for correcting the skew of the sheet, based on a detection signal from the detection device, and control device provided with calculation device which calculates a front end position of the sheet of which skew is corrected by the pivotal movement of the skew correcting device, based on a detection signal from the detection device.