Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with a plurality of developer container each having an engagement portion
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Application No.: US16884215Application Date: 2020-05-27
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Publication No.: US10996587B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Kazuhiro Aso , Toshio Koike , Teppei Kikuchi
- Applicant: Kazuhiro Aso , Toshio Koike , Teppei Kikuchi
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa; JP Tokyo; JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: Kazuhiro Aso,Toshio Koike,Teppei Kikuchi
- Current Assignee: Kazuhiro Aso,Toshio Koike,Teppei Kikuchi
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa; JP Tokyo; JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JPJP2019-130857 20190716
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of developer containers to contain different types of developers and a container mount in which the plurality of developer containers is removably installed and arranged adjacent to each other. Each of the developer containers includes an engagement portion. The engagement portion of one of the developer containers engages the engagement portion of another of the developer containers adjacent to the one of the developer containers when the developer containers are installed in the container mount in a predetermined order, to allow the developer containers to be installed. Further, the engagement portion of one of the developer containers interferes with the engagement portion of another of the developer containers adjacent to the one of the developer containers when the developer containers are installed in the container mount in a different order from the predetermined order, to prevent the developer containers from being installed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210018860A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-01-21
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