Invention Grant
US09329529B2 Toner container and image forming apparatus in which the toner container has protrusions which interact with the image forming apparatus
有权
调色剂容器和图像形成装置,其中调色剂容器具有与图像形成装置相互作用的突起
- Patent Title: Toner container and image forming apparatus in which the toner container has protrusions which interact with the image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 调色剂容器和图像形成装置,其中调色剂容器具有与图像形成装置相互作用的突起
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Application No.: US14807288Application Date: 2015-07-23
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Publication No.: US09329529B2Publication Date: 2016-05-03
- Inventor: Nobuo Takami , Noriyuki Kimura , Eisuke Hori , Hideki Kimura , Kenji Kikuchi , Yuji Suzuki
- Applicant: Nobuo Takami , Noriyuki Kimura , Eisuke Hori , Hideki Kimura , Kenji Kikuchi , Yuji Suzuki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2010-052607 20100310; JP2010-052640 20100310; JP2010-052751 20100310; JP2010-134313 20100611; JP2010-134320 20100611; JP2010-134332 20100611; JP2011-010008 20110120; JP2011-010106 20110120; JP2011-010172 20110120
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
A system with a container including a protrusion, and a receiver to receive the container. The receiver includes a slide block that is movable relative to a body of the receiver, the slide block including two surfaces, a first surface, initially contacted by the protrusion of the container during insertion of the container into the receiver, having a first slope to resist movement of the container towards the receiver, and a second surface, subsequently contacted by the protrusion of the container during the insertion of the container into the receiver, having a second slope to interact with the protrusion of the container to assist movement of the container towards the receiver. This construction provides the user with a changing insertion force to indicate proper mounting of the container.
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