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Image forming apparatus and toner case

A toner container and image technology, which is applied to the electrical recording process using charge graphics, equipment and instruments using the electrical recording process using charge graphics, and can solve the problems of increased workload for users or maintenance personnel.

Active Publication Date: 2013-10-30
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC
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[0005] However, the above-described structure has a problem that the operator must use a force greater than the force of the urging member to continue to the mounting part side from when the toner container abuts against the fixing member until it is locked on the fixing member. push toner container
Therefore, when installing or removing the toner container, the work load of the user or maintenance personnel becomes large.

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[0025] Next, use figure 1 An overall configuration of an electrophotographic printer 1 serving as an image forming apparatus will be described. figure 1 is a diagram schematically showing the general configuration of a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention. Below to figure 1 The left side in is the front side (front side) of the printer 1.

[0026] The printer 1 has a box-shaped printer body 2 , a paper feed cassette 3 for loading paper (not shown) is housed in the lower part of the printer body 2 , and a paper output tray 4 is provided on the upper surface of the printer body 2 . On the upper surface of the printer main body 2 , an openable and closable upper cover 5 is attached in front of the discharge tray 4 , and a toner cartridge 6 serving as a toner container is housed below the upper cover 5 .

[0027] On the upper part of the printer main body 2 , an exposure unit 7 including a laser scanning unit (LSU) is provided below the output tray 4 , an...

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An image forming apparatus (1) includes a toner case (6) and an installed part (92). The toner case includes a discharge port (32) discharging a toner. To the installed part, the toner case is detachably installed. On the circumference of the toner case, a locking piece (48) is provided. The installed part includes a locking member (104) covering at least a part of the circumference of the toner case. The locking member has an insertion depression (106), an engaging piece (110) and a biasing member (115). The insertion depression is arranged along an installing direction of the toner case and is capable of insertion of the locking piece. The engaging piece moves between a protrusive position protruded to the insertion depression at predetermined length and a withdrawn position withdrawn further than the protrusive position from the insertion depression in intersecting directions with the installing direction. The biasing member biases the engaging piece to the protrusive position side.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus and a toner container for the image forming apparatus. Background technique [0002] In the prior art, image forming apparatuses such as electrostatic copiers, laser printers, or electrostatic facsimile machines perform developing processing in such a way that toner (developer) is supplied from a developing device to an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive drum for developing processing. . In addition, the toner used for the development process is supplied to the developing device from a toner container such as a toner cartridge or an intermediate toner tank. [0003] In the image forming apparatus, as the developing process is repeated, the toner in the toner container will decrease, and when the toner in the toner container is used up, the toner needs to be replaced. Toner container. For this reason, generally, the toner container is mounted replaceably on a mounting port...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G03G15/08G03G15/00
CPCG03G21/1676G03G15/0865G03G15/0832G03G21/1647G03G15/0875
Inventor 脇本笃宏
Owner KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC