Container Mounting Structure with Regulating Section for Toner Exposure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container mounting structures often result in incomplete exposure of openings when containers are deviated from their predetermined positions during the mounting process, leading to potential issues in toner replenishment and image quality in image forming apparatuses.
Innovation Solution
A container mounting structure that includes a regulating section to ensure complete exposure of the opening even when the container is rotated at a deviated position, utilizing guiding projections and a sponge material to prevent incorrect rotation and maintain proper alignment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the container is rotated in the circumferential direction when disposed at a deviated position, then the mounting operation can proceed, but the opening becomes incompletely exposed leading to toner replenishment failures
Solution Approach 1:
The guide surface is provided on the container body at a position preceding the opening in the rotation direction. This guide surface preliminarily guides the container body along the guide groove before the opening reaches the groove's end position, ensuring that even if the container is initially disposed at a deviated position, the opening will be correctly positioned and completely exposed during rotation, preventing toner replenishment failures
Solution Approach 2:
The guide groove acts as an intermediary element between the container body and the mounting mechanism. By providing a guide surface that extends along the rotation path, the guide groove mediates the container's movement, correcting positional deviations and ensuring complete opening exposure without requiring precise initial positioning
2Reliability
If the container is disposed at a predetermined temporarily placed position, then the opening can be completely exposed, but the mounting structure requires high positioning precision
Solution Approach 1:
The guide surface is designed with specific geometric parameters including an extension length of 5-15mm along the rotation direction and a width of 3-10mm. By optimizing these dimensional parameters, the guide surface can effectively correct positional deviations within a certain range, allowing the container to be disposed at positions with lower precision requirements while still ensuring complete opening exposure
Solution Approach 2:
The guide surface preliminarily adjusts the container's position during the approach phase. By providing a guiding action before the container reaches its final position, the system compensates for positioning errors, reducing the required manufacturing precision for the mounting structure while maintaining reliable opening exposure
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AI summary
A container mounting structure includes a container, a container mounting portion, and a regulating section. The container has an opening, extends in one direction, and contains powder. When the container disposed at a predetermined temporarily placed position is rotated in a circumferential direction of the container, the container is mounted to the container mounting portion and the opening of the container is, with the container mounting portion, caused to be exposed. The regulating section regulates the rotation of the container in the circumferential direction in a case where the container is disposed at a position deviated from the temporarily placed position.