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JP2011076064A5
JP2011076064A5 JP2010121974A JP2010121974A JP2011076064A5 JP 2011076064 A5 JP2011076064 A5 JP 2011076064A5 JP 2010121974 A JP2010121974 A JP 2010121974A JP 2010121974 A JP2010121974 A JP 2010121974A JP 2011076064 A5 JP2011076064 A5 JP 2011076064A5
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Priority to JP2010121974A priority Critical patent/JP4958325B2/en
Priority to EP10813555.9A priority patent/EP2474864B1/en
Priority to TW099119132A priority patent/TWI495968B/en
Priority to BR112012008152-7A priority patent/BR112012008152B1/en
Priority to CA2772918A priority patent/CA2772918C/en
Priority to CN201080050002.1A priority patent/CN102597887B/en
Priority to PCT/JP2010/059968 priority patent/WO2011027604A1/en
Priority to TW103117139A priority patent/TWI596452B/en
Priority to CN201410211174.2A priority patent/CN104062870B/en
Priority to MX2012002508A priority patent/MX2012002508A/en
Publication of JP2011076064A publication Critical patent/JP2011076064A/en
Publication of JP2011076064A5 publication Critical patent/JP2011076064A5/ja
Priority to US13/411,134 priority patent/US8792809B2/en
Priority to US13/411,211 priority patent/US8909093B2/en
Publication of JP4958325B2 publication Critical patent/JP4958325B2/en
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Priority to US14/307,185 priority patent/US9146499B2/en
Priority to HK14112508.4A priority patent/HK1199109A1/en
Priority to US14/829,320 priority patent/US9411268B2/en
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長手方向を水平方向とした状態で画像形成装置本体に対して着脱自在に設置されるトナー容器であって、
トナーを鉛直方向下方に排出するためのトナー排出口を底部に具備し、
容器の外周に沿った移動により前記トナー排出口を開閉するシャッタ部材を備え、
前記シャッタ部材は、
前記トナー排出口を開閉するシャッタ主部と、
前記シャッタ主部に一体的に形成されるとともに、前記シャッタ主部との接続位置を基点にして上下方向に弾性変形可能に形成されたシャッタ変形部と、
を具備し、
前記シャッタ変形部は、
容器に形成された当接部に当接して前記トナー排出口を閉鎖した状態から前記トナー排出口を開放する方向への前記シャッタ部材の移動を規制するストッパ部と、
鉛直方向下方に突出するように形成されるとともに、下方から外力を受けることにより当該シャッタ変形部の上方への弾性変形にともない前記ストッパ部を上方に変位させて前記当接部との当接状態を解除するストッパ解除部と、
を具備したことを特徴とするトナー容器。 A toner container which is detachably installed on the image forming apparatus main body in a state where the longitudinal direction is a horizontal direction,
A toner outlet for discharging the toner vertically downward is provided at the bottom,
A shutter member that opens and closes the toner discharge port by movement along the outer periphery of the container ;
The shutter member is
A shutter main portion for opening and closing the toner discharge port,
A shutter deformation portion formed integrally with the shutter main portion, and formed to be elastically deformable in the vertical direction based on a connection position with the shutter main portion;
Comprising
The shutter deformation part is
A stopper portion for restricting movement of the shutter member in a direction of opening the toner discharge port from a state in which the toner discharge port is closed by contacting a contact portion formed on the container ;
It is formed so as to protrude downward in the vertical direction, and by receiving an external force from below, the stopper part is displaced upward along with the elastic deformation of the shutter deforming part upward, and is in contact with the contacting part A stopper release part to release
A toner container comprising: 前記シャッタ変形部は、前記シャッタ主部に対して前記シャッタ部材が前記トナー排出口を開放するために移動する方向の奥側に配設され、
前記ストッパ部は、前記シャッタ主部から離れた前記シャッタ変形部の先端に形成され、
前記ストッパ解除部は、前記ストッパ部と前記接続位置との間に形成されたことを特徴とする請求項１に記載のトナー容器。 The shutter deformation portion is disposed on the back side in a direction in which the shutter member moves to open the toner discharge port with respect to the shutter main portion.
The stopper portion is formed at the tip of the shutter deformation portion away from the shutter main portion,
The toner container according to claim 1, wherein the stopper release portion is formed between the stopper portion and the connection position. 前記シャッタ部材が前記トナー排出口を開放するときに前記シャッタ変形部の変形状態を保持するとともに、前記シャッタ変形部を内部に収納する収納部を具備したことを特徴とする請求項１又は請求項２に記載のトナー容器。 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a housing portion that holds the deformed state of the shutter deformable portion when the shutter member opens the toner discharge port and accommodates the shutter deformable portion therein. The toner container according to 2. 前記シャッタ主部は、容器に形成された第２の当接部に当接して前記ストッパ部によって規制される方向とは逆方向への前記シャッタ部材の移動を規制する第２のストッパ部をさらに備えたことを特徴とする請求項１〜請求項３のいずれかに記載のトナー容器。 The shutter main portion further includes a second stopper portion that abuts a second abutting portion formed on the container and restricts the movement of the shutter member in a direction opposite to the direction regulated by the stopper portion. The toner container according to claim 1, further comprising a toner container. 前記長手方向の一端側に開口部が形成されるとともに、内部に収容したトナーが前記開口部に向けて搬送されるように構成された筒状の容器本体と、A cylindrical container body configured such that an opening is formed on one end side in the longitudinal direction and toner accommodated therein is conveyed toward the opening;
前記容器本体の前記開口部が内挿されるとともに、前記トナー排出口を底部に具備したキャップ部と、The opening of the container body is inserted, and a cap portion having the toner discharge port at the bottom,
を備えたことを特徴とする請求項１〜請求項４のいずれかに記載のトナー容器。The toner container according to claim 1, further comprising: 前記キャップ部は、The cap part is
その内部に前記長手方向に延在するように形成された円柱状の空洞と、A cylindrical cavity formed to extend in the longitudinal direction in the interior;
前記空洞の下方の周面から前記トナー排出口に向けて一定の流路面積にて柱状に形成されたトナー落下経路と、A toner dropping path formed in a column shape with a constant flow path area from the lower peripheral surface of the cavity toward the toner outlet;
を具備したことを特徴とする請求項５に記載のトナー容器。The toner container according to claim 5, further comprising: 前記当接部は、前記キャップ部に設けられたことを特徴とする請求項５又は請求項６に記載のトナー容器。The toner container according to claim 5, wherein the contact portion is provided in the cap portion. 前記容器本体は、その内周面に螺旋状の突起を有するとともに、前記キャップ部に対して回転可能に保持されることを特徴とする請求項５〜請求項７のいずれかに記載のトナー容器。8. The toner container according to claim 5, wherein the container body has a spiral protrusion on an inner peripheral surface thereof and is rotatably held with respect to the cap portion. 9. . 請求項１〜請求項８のいずれかに記載のトナー容器が前記画像形成装置本体に設置されたことを特徴とする画像形成装置。9. An image forming apparatus, wherein the toner container according to claim 1 is installed in the main body of the image forming apparatus.
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JP2010121974A JP4958325B2 (en) 2009-09-04 2010-05-27 Toner container and image forming apparatus
TW103117139A TWI596452B (en) 2009-09-04 2010-06-11 Toner container and image forming device
MX2012002508A MX2012002508A (en) 2009-09-04 2010-06-11 Toner container and image forming device.
TW099119132A TWI495968B (en) 2009-09-04 2010-06-11 Toner container and image forming device
BR112012008152-7A BR112012008152B1 (en) 2009-09-04 2010-06-11 TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMATING EQUIPMENT
CA2772918A CA2772918C (en) 2009-09-04 2010-06-11 Toner container and image forming apparatus
CN201080050002.1A CN102597887B (en) 2009-09-04 2010-06-11 Toner container and image forming device
PCT/JP2010/059968 WO2011027604A1 (en) 2009-09-04 2010-06-11 Toner container and image forming device
EP10813555.9A EP2474864B1 (en) 2009-09-04 2010-06-11 Toner container and image forming device
CN201410211174.2A CN104062870B (en) 2009-09-04 2010-06-11 Toner Container And Image Forming Device
US13/411,134 US8792809B2 (en) 2009-09-04 2012-03-02 Toner container and image forming apparatus with a mechanism to secure the toner container
US13/411,211 US8909093B2 (en) 2009-09-04 2012-03-02 Toner container and image forming apparatus with a secure seal
US14/307,185 US9146499B2 (en) 2009-09-04 2014-06-17 Toner container and image forming apparatus with a mechanism to secure the toner container
HK14112508.4A HK1199109A1 (en) 2009-09-04 2014-12-12 A toner container and an image forming apparatus
US14/829,320 US9411268B2 (en) 2009-09-04 2015-08-18 Toner container and image forming apparatus with a mechanism to secure the toner container

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