Storage container, supply device, and image forming apparatus
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP
- Publication Date
- 2010-08-25
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Abstract
Description
technical field
[0001] The present invention relates to a storage container, a supply device, and an image forming device. Background technique
[0002] In an image forming apparatus that forms a visible image by transferring toner onto an electrostatic latent image formed on an image holding member, toner stored in a developing device is consumed as the image is formed. There is known a well-known image forming apparatus provided with a toner storage container for supplying toner according to toner consumption. The toner storage container may be detachably connected to the image forming apparatus, and toner stored in the toner storage container may be supplied to the developing device while the toner storage container is mounted on the image forming apparatus. Furthermore, after the toner stored in the toner storage container is supplied to the developing device, the toner storage container is detached from the image forming apparatus and can be replaced with a new toner s...