Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner conveying device and image forming apparatus including the same
- Patent Title (中): 调色剂输送装置及包括其的成像装置
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Application No.: US14616963Application Date: 2015-02-09
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Publication No.: US09280091B2Publication Date: 2016-03-08
- Inventor: Takashi Morita
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-shi
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-shi
- Agency: Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP
- Priority: JP2014-024474 20140212
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner conveying device includes a first communication opening, a toner supply opening, a toner conveyance passage, an opening/closing member, and a moving member. The first communication opening communicates with a toner discharge outlet formed in a toner case in a state where the toner case is attached to a predetermined attachment position, the toner case including an operation portion. The toner conveyance passage connects the first communication opening to the toner supply opening. The opening/closing member moves between a closing position and an opening position. When the opening/closing member is at the closing position, the toner supply opening is closed, and when the opening/closing member is at the opening position, the toner supply opening is opened. The moving member is dislocated in conjunction with an operation of the operation portion in such a way as to move the opening/closing member from the closing position to the opening position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150227084A1 TONER CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2015-08-13
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