Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having a toner replenishment operation
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Application No.: US17586857Application Date: 2022-01-28
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Publication No.: US11886141B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Kensuke Umeda , Shinsuke Kobayashi , Kazuhiro Funatani , Takanori Watanabe , Ai Suzuki
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: VENABLE LLP
- Priority: JP 19182216 2019.10.02
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/08

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus to and from which a replenishment container accommodating toner is attachable and detachable includes an opening/closing portion moving from a closed position to an open position in a case where the toner replenishment container attached to a replenishment port is rotated, and a locking membered to move between a restricting position restricting movement of the opening/closing portion from the closed position to the open position, and an allowing position in which the movement of the opening/closing portion from the closed position to the open position is allowed. In addition, a controller, in a case where a replenishment operation, in which toner is supplied from the replenishment container to the replenishment port, displays, on a display, a ratio corresponding to an amount of toner accommodated in the developer container after the replenishment operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220146974A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A TONER REPLENISHMENT OPERATION Public/Granted day:2022-05-12
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