Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13443973Application Date: 2012-04-11
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Publication No.: US08862029B2Publication Date: 2014-10-14
- Inventor: Tamotsu Shimizu , Takahisa Nakaue , Takashi Morita , Teruhiko Nagashima
- Applicant: Tamotsu Shimizu , Takahisa Nakaue , Takashi Morita , Teruhiko Nagashima
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agent Gerald E. Hespos; Michael J. Porco; Matthew T. Hespos
- Priority: JP2011-090314 20110414
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a toner image, a developing device for supplying toner to a circumferential surface of the image bearing member, a toner container for supplying the toner to the developing device, a sheet conveyance path for conveying a sheet, and a housing. The housing accommodates the image bearing member, the developing device and the toner container. The housing has a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface. The toner container is taken out from the interior of the housing to the outside of the housing through the first surface. The developing device is taken out from the interior of the housing to the outside of the housing through the second surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120263495A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-10-18
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