Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having lockable toner container
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Application No.: US17293008Application Date: 2019-12-04
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Publication No.: US11294326B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Nobuhiro Fukuma
- 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: Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-228421 20181205
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/047446 WO 20191204
- International Announcement: WO2020/116519 WO 20200611
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a toner container, a support member, a lock member, a lock removing portion, and a moving mechanism. The toner container is attachable to an attachment position in an apparatus main body. The support member supports the toner container which is moved between the attachment position and a detachment position located toward a surface of the apparatus main body. The lock member is provided on the support member, is movable in a first direction along the surface, and is displaced between a lock position where the toner container is locked to the attachment position and a removal position. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the lock removing portion moves the lock member to the removal position to remove a lock of the toner container. The moving mechanism moves the toner container toward the detachment position when the lock removing portion removes the lock.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210405575A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-12-30
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