公开(公告)号：US12105441B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US18207819

申请日：2023-06-09

Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Hiroyuki Munetsugu ,  Hiroshi Takarada ,  Mitsuhiro Sato

IPC: G03G15/08

CPC classification number: G03G15/0865 ,  G03G15/0822 ,  G03G15/0874 ,  G03G15/0877 ,  G03G15/0879 ,  G03G15/0886 ,  G03G15/0887 ,  G03G15/0891 ,  G03G15/0896 ,  G03G2215/066 ,  G03G2215/0682 ,  G03G2215/0692 ,  G03G2215/08

Abstract: A toner container includes a storage portion configured to store toner and a communicating member including a receiving port, a discharge port, and a passage. The passage includes a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface connecting the first inclined surface and the discharge port to each other. When viewed in a third direction perpendicularly intersecting with both of a first direction and a second direction, the first inclined surface is inclined with respect to the second direction such that a more downstream portion of the first inclined surface in the first direction is closer to the discharge port in the second direction, and the second inclined surface is inclined with respect to the second direction such that a more downstream portion of the second inclined surface in the first direction is closer to the discharge port in the second direction.

公开(公告)号：US11868061B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US18052648

申请日：2022-11-04

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Sota Yanagihara ,  Yusuke Ikegami ,  Kotaro Haruta ,  Shoichiro Nishimura

IPC: G03G15/043 ,  G03G21/18 ,  G03G15/04

CPC classification number: G03G15/043 ,  G03G15/04036 ,  G03G21/1832 ,  G03G2215/08 ,  G03G2221/1609

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductive body, a light source, a deflector to deflect a light beam from the light source, a scanning optical system to image the deflected light beam onto the photoconductive body, a developing unit to supply developer to the photoconductive body, an optical sensor to detect the deflected light beam, a moving mechanism to move the developing unit to a first position and to a second position, and a controller configured to start driving the deflector, when the developing unit is in the second position, the light source to emit the light beam, thereby obtaining a detection signal of the light beam from the optical sensor, and after obtaining the detection signal of the light beam from the optical sensor, control the moving mechanism to move the developing unit to the first position.