Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner container that restricts removal from mounting portion and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15925235Application Date: 2018-03-19
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Publication No.: US10209643B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Yoshiaki Ikebata
- 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: Stein IP, LLC
- Priority: JP2017-066851 20170330
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner container is for mounting to a mounting portion of an image forming apparatus along a mounting direction. The toner container includes a container body and an engaging protrusion. The container body houses a toner and rotates. The engaging protrusion projects from an outer peripheral surface of the container body. The engaging protrusion has a spiral pattern and rotates integrally with the container body. The mounting portion includes a lock portion is engageable with the engaging protrusion. Rotation of the container body and the engaging protrusion in one rotation direction in a state where removal of the toner container from the mounting portion is permitted causes the toner container to move to a back side (downstream) in the mounting direction while shifting an engaging part of the engaging protrusion relative to the lock portion to restrict the removal of the toner container from the mounting portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180284645A1 TONER CONTAINER THAT RESTRICTS REMOVAL FROM MOUNTING PORTION AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-10-04
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