Image forming apparatus with a toner container having a cover and a cover locking mechanism that is switchable between a locked state and an unlocked state
US10962902B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 26, 2020 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/0886
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image carrier, a developing device, a toner container, a container cover, a driver and a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism maintains the locking state if the container body is rotated in the first rotating direction by the driver, and receives a rotational drive force of the driver to switch the state thereof from the locking state to the unlocking state if the container body is rotated in the second rotating direction by the driver.
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