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Toner-container support unit and image-forming apparatus

US9110403B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 28, 2014
Grant dateAug 18, 2015
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Expiry dateApr 28, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G21/1676
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A toner-container support unit is provided. The toner-container support unit includes: a toner container housing toner; a container mount including an internal space to accommodate the toner container; a toner-container receiver which is provided on an internal end side of the internal space of the container mount; a positioning hole formed on the back end surface of the toner container; a positioning pin provided in the toner-container receiver; a retracting assembly retracting a back end portion of the toner container to a toner-container receiver side when inserting the toner container into the container mount; and an inclination stopper which prevents the inclination of the toner container when the back end portion of the toner container is retracted by the retracting assembly toward the toner-container receiver.

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