Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner container and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 调色剂容器和成像设备
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Application No.: US12857124Application Date: 2010-08-16
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Publication No.: US07991334B2Publication Date: 2011-08-02
- Inventor: Nobuyuki Taguchi , Masayuki Yamane , Hideo Yoshizawa , Takeroh Kurenuma , Takayuki Tamaki , Seiji Terazawa , Masashi Hasegawa , Fumie Satoh , Teruo Hitosugi , Takashi Hisazumi , Goro Katsuyama
- Applicant: Nobuyuki Taguchi , Masayuki Yamane , Hideo Yoshizawa , Takeroh Kurenuma , Takayuki Tamaki , Seiji Terazawa , Masashi Hasegawa , Fumie Satoh , Teruo Hitosugi , Takashi Hisazumi , Goro Katsuyama
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2005-129866 20050427; JP2005-179200 20050620; JP2005-180082 20050621; JP2005-180153 20050621; JP2005-181371 20050622; JP2005-191090 20050630; JP2005-198355 20050707; JP2005-223438 20050801; JP2005-302636 20051018; JP2005-311112 20051026; JP2005-311787 20051026; JP2005-315311 20051028; JP2005-346038 20051130; JP2006-021362 20060130; JP2006-026258 20060202; JP2006-029859 20060207
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner container includes a longitudinal container body and a held portion. The longitudinal container body has a first end and a second end distal to the first end in a length direction of the container body. The container body includes a gear configured to engage with a drive gear provided in the main body. The held portion is attached to the first end of the container body and configured to be detachably attached to the toner-container holder. The held portion includes a toner outlet, is configured to be held by the toner-container holder in non-rotating manner, and is biased downwardly by a force applied from the drive gear to the gear when the drive gear rotates.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110002713A1 TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-01-06
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