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Title:
IMAGE FORMING AGENT STORAGE CONTAINER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MOUNTING IMAGE FORMING AGENT STORAGE CONTAINER, METHOD OF DETACHING IMAGE FORMING AGENT STORAGE CONTAINER AND METHOD OF FILLING IMAGE FORMING AGENT, AND METHOD OF REFILLING IMAGE FORMING AGENT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011027823
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide: an image forming agent storage container configured to facilitate the sealing of a discharge hole formed in a container body; an image forming apparatus; a method of mounting the image forming agent storage container; a method of detaching the image forming agent storage container; a method of filling an image forming agent; and a method of refilling the image forming agent.

The storage container 300 includes the container body 306 formed with the discharge hole 312 and a filling hole 314, an opening and closing part 350 opening and closing the discharge hole 312, a lid member 340 sealing the filling hole, and an operating member 380 having a facing portion 382 facing the filling hole 314 and used to operate the opening and closing part 350. The operating member 380 moves between a first position where the discharge hole 312 is brought into an opened state, a second position where the discharge hole 312 is brought into a closed state and the facing portion 382 is arranged at a position which overlaps the container body 306, and a third position where the discharge hole 312 is brought into a closed state and the facing portion 382 is arranged at a position which does not overlap the container body 306 in the direction of gravity.


Inventors:
OKAMOTO MASAYA
FURUHATA KOTA
Application Number:
JP2009171018A
Publication Date:
February 10, 2011
Filing Date:
July 22, 2009
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO LTD
International Classes:
G03G15/08; G03G21/16
Domestic Patent References:
JP2006139065A2006-06-01
JP2006139013A2006-06-01
JP2007093697A2007-04-12
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent Business Corporation IPS