Invention Grant
US07668489B2 Toner path opening and closing apparatus, image forming device having the same and toner path opening and closing method thereof
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调色剂路径打开和关闭装置,具有该调色剂通路打开和关闭装置的图像形成装置和调色剂通道的打开和关闭方法
- Patent Title: Toner path opening and closing apparatus, image forming device having the same and toner path opening and closing method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 调色剂路径打开和关闭装置,具有该调色剂通路打开和关闭装置的图像形成装置和调色剂通道的打开和关闭方法
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Application No.: US11873729Application Date: 2007-10-17
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Publication No.: US07668489B2Publication Date: 2010-02-23
- Inventor: Dae-ho Kim , Kurgi Eduard , Jin-geun Kwak , Sung-wook Kang , Ji-hoon Woo
- Applicant: Dae-ho Kim , Kurgi Eduard , Jin-geun Kwak , Sung-wook Kang , Ji-hoon Woo
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-Si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-Si
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: KR10-2007-0009137 20070129
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner path opening and closing apparatus of an image forming device includes a first shutter elastically supported by a first elastic member to open and close a first toner path, and a second shutter elastically supported by a second elastic member having an elastic modulus smaller than the first elastic member to open and close a second toner path by the first shutter. After the second toner path is opened by the first shutter, the first is opened, so that the first and second toner paths communicate with each other. The first toner path is a toner supplying pipeline to which a toner is supplied from a toner cartridge, and the second toner path is a toner injecting port disposed in a developing unit. In mounting of the developing unit, after the toner injecting port disposed in the developing unit is first opened, the toner supplying pipeline is opened, and in dismounting of the developing unit, after the toner supplying pipeline is first closed, the toner injecting port is closed, so that in mounting and dismounting of the developing unit, toner is prevented from being leaked through the toner paths.
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