Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner supply device with movable toner bottle
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Application No.: US16376539Application Date: 2019-04-05
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Publication No.: US10705454B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Keiko Yasuda , Hideaki Ikeda
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@4ac9e3ef
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner supply device includes: a device body; and a toner bottle, wherein a toner supply port is formed in each of the device body and the toner bottle, either one of the device body and the toner bottle includes: a shutter that can be selectively moved between a shielding position and an open position; and a first engagement part, the other one of the device body and the toner bottle includes a second engagement part, the shutter is moved from the shielding position to the open position and the shutter opens the toner supply port, and then the first engagement part is engaged with the second engagement part, and the shutter is moved from the open position to the shielding position and the shutter closes the toner supply port, and then engagement between the first engagement part and the second engagement part is disengaged.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190339633A1 TONER SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-11-07
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