Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner case including internal shutter member, toner supply device, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15912093Application Date: 2018-03-05
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Publication No.: US10234790B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Tatsuhiko Yoshii
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-shi, Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-shi, Osaka
- Agency: Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP
- Priority: JP2017-045791 20170310
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G15/18

Abstract:
A toner case includes a toner storage portion, a cylindrical portion, a shutter member, and a biasing member. The cylindrical portion has an interior space and communicated with the interior of the toner storage portion through a toner discharge port. An opening is formed at one of opposite ends of the interior space, and a closing wall is formed at the other of the opposite ends of the interior space. The shutter member is supported so as to be slidable in an extension direction of the cylindrical portion, and is movable between a closing position and an opening position. The shutter member at the closing position closes the toner discharge port, and the shutter member at the opening position opens the toner discharge port. The biasing member configured to position the shutter member to the closing position by applying a biasing force to the shutter member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180259880A1 TONER CASE, TONER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-09-13
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