Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Mita Industrial Co., Ltd.

Kyocera Mita Corporation

Other

Hiroaki Tsuchiya

Tetsuro Tomoe

Shinichi Tanaka

Masami Fuchi

Keiji Ban

Osamu Yoshimura

Daisuke Hayashi

Hiroyuki Tanaka

Masanobu Maeshima

Naoyuki Ishida

Shigeo Koyama

Issei Nakano

Tadakazu Ogiri

Eiji Tsutsui

Yoshifumi Ishii

Masao Otsuka

Koichi Imanaka

Kenichi Mukai

Masahiro Shinohara

Junichi Inada

Junji Jouma

Toshihiro Sato

Hiroyuki Maede

A drying device () includes a liftable and lowerable conveying unit () which conveys a sheet on which ink is ejected, along a conveyance path (); a liftable and lowerable drying unit () which faces the conveyance path () and dries the ink by heat; a lifting and lowering mechanism () capable of lowering a lower unit, which is a unit provided below among the conveying unit () and the drying unit (), by gravity acting on the lower unit and lifting an upper unit, which is a unit provided above among the conveying unit () and the drying unit (), to open the conveyance path (); and a restriction mechanism () which restricts a lowering of the lower unit.

Drying device and image forming system

A hinge mechanism includes a first member, a second member, and a stopper mechanism. The stopper mechanism has a path and a moving member. The moving member is provided in the path. The path includes a first path part and a second path part. The first path part is located in the first member. The second path part is located in the second member. The first member and the second member are changeable between a first communication state, a non-communication state, and a second communication state depending on a turning angle of the second member relative to the first member.

Hinge mechanism and image forming apparatus

A lock structure locks a document reader in a closed state relative to a main unit of an apparatus. The document reader is openable and closable relative to the main unit. The lock structure includes two engagement members, two hook members, and two restricting members. The two engagement members are disposed on the main unit. The two hook members are disposed on the document reader and engage with the two respective engagement members to secure the document reader in the closed state to the main unit. The two restricting members are disposed on the document reader and restrict move or pivot of the two respective hook members in a direction for the hook members to engage with the two respective engagement members when at least a portion of the document reader is open relative to the main unit. The two hook members are fixed to one another.

Lock structure and image forming apparatus

An optical scanning device includes a housing, a transparent cover, a cleaning member, a holding member, and a movement mechanism. The cleaning member slidably contacts with the surface of the transparent cover to clean the surface. The holding member holds the cleaning member. The movement mechanism allows the holding member to reciprocally move along the transparent cover in the aforementioned predetermined direction. The aforementioned holding member has an inside/outside double structure including an inner boss member and an outer boss member. The inner boss member receives power from the movement mechanism. The outer boss member internally receives the inner boss member. The outer boss member is longer than the inner boss member. The outer boss member reaches a moving end and stops earlier than the inner boss member, and the aforementioned inner boss member moves in the outer boss member reaches the moving end and stops.

Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including the same

An optical scanning device includes a holding member. The holding member has a boss part and an arm part that extends from the boss part in a direction perpendicular to the movement direction of the holding member and holds the cleaning member. The boss part is mounted with a posture correction member relatively movable in the movement direction of the holding member. The posture correction member is movably inserted into a groove between two second rail parts, and when the holding member moves, the posture correction member moves later than movement of the holding member, so that an inclined posture of the holding member is corrected by the delay operation in a direction perpendicular to the second rail part.

A charging device () includes a charging roller (), a supporting section (), a guide (), a first biasing section (), and a second biasing section (). The charging roller () charges an image bearing member (). The supporting section () supports the charging roller () such that the charging roller () is rotatable. The guide () guides the supporting section () in a first direction (D). The first biasing section () biases the supporting section () in the first direction (D) to press the charging roller () against the image bearing member (). The second biasing section () biases the supporting section (toward the guide ().

Charging device and image forming apparatus

A toner container includes a body housing, the body housing being provided with a toner containing portion, an air flowing portion, an air inlet, and an air outlet. The toner containing portion is configured to contain toner for use in image formation. The air flowing portion adjoins the toner containing portion. The air inlet is configured so that air is taken into the air flowing portion therethrough. The air outlet is configured so that the air is discharged from the air flowing portion therethrough. The toner containing portion is separated from the air flowing portion by a partition wall and the toner container is configured to bring the air flowing through the air flowing portion comes into contact with the partition wall.

Toner container and image forming apparatus

A printer () includes a casing (), an operation section (), a light emitting section (), a cover (), and a pressing member (). The operation section () includes a reference surface (B), an LCD panel () disposed along the reference surface (B) and displaying predetermined information, and operation keys () disposed to protrude though the reference surface (B). The light emitting section () is disposed adjacent to the operation section () and emits light based on predetermined notification information. The cover () covers the LCD panel () and the operation keys (). The pressing member () presses the cover () and supports the light emitting section ().

Image forming apparatus

In a cable fastener, a fixing portion is a projection projecting from a second surface of a base portion that is opposite to a first surface for supporting a cable, and when the fixing portion is inserted into a hole of a plate-like support portion and then the base portion is rotated, fixes the base portion to the plate-like support portion. Two cable holding portions extend from the base portion toward opposite sides of the base portion, and are configured to be bendingly deformed toward the first surface of the base portion. Two engaging portions are configured to be engaged with each other such that the base portion and the two cable holding portions are kept to be in an annular state.

Cable fastener, image forming apparatus

An apparatus body of an image forming apparatus is provided with a drive transmission mechanism including a first rotation portion and a second rotation portion. An operation portion of a toner container includes a first connection portion to be connected to the first rotation portion. An opening and closing mechanism of the toner container includes a second connection portion to be connected to the second rotation portion. The opening and closing mechanism opens and closes a toner outlet by the second connection portion being rotated.

Toner container and image forming apparatus including the toner container

An apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus includes a plurality of rotation portions provided each rotatably, in alignment with each other. A lever is provided to integrally swing with one of rotation portions or one of coupling portions that is disposed at one end in alignment direction of rotation portions and coupling portions. An opening/closing mechanism is provided to open and close a toner discharge outlet, which is formed on a housing of a toner container, as the coupling portion, which is disposed at one end in the alignment direction, rotates. An interlocking mechanism, which causes adjacent coupling portions to rotate in conjunction with each other, and an interlocking mechanism, which causes adjacent rotation portions to rotate in conjunction with each other, are disposed alternately on coupling portions side and on rotation portions side, from one end to the other end in the alignment direction.

Toner container and image forming apparatus including thereof

Apparatus main body of image forming apparatus includes first rotation portion, second rotation portion, and lever. Toner container includes opening/closing mechanism for opening and closing the toner discharge outlet, and first coupling portion that is provided rotatably with respect to the housing and configured to, when the toner container is attached to the apparatus main body, be coupled with the first rotation portion of the apparatus main body to be integrally rotatable therewith. The opening/closing mechanism includes second coupling portion configured to, when the toner container is attached to the apparatus main body, be coupled with the second rotation portion of the apparatus main body to be integrally rotatable therewith. The opening/closing mechanism is configured to open and close the toner discharge outlet as the second coupling portion is rotated. The second coupling portion and the first coupling portion are configured to rotate in conjunction with each other.

An attachment structure for operation panel unit includes an operation panel unitwith keystooperated by a user, a main bodyto which the operation panel unitis attached and an outer coveringthat is attached to the main bodyso as to cover the operation panel unit. The operation panel unitis attached to the main bodyin such a way that the operation panel unitcan slide with respect to the main body, in a direction intersecting an attaching direction of the outer coveringto the main body. When the outer coveringis attached to the main bodyin a state in which the operation panel unitis attached to the main body, sliding of the operation panel unitis restricted.

Attachment structure for operation unit and image forming apparatus

A member moving mechanism according to the present invention includes: a first moving member that moves in a first positive direction and a first negative direction opposite to the first positive direction; a second moving member that moves in a second positive direction that is different from each of the first positive direction and the first negative direction, and in a second negative direction opposite to the second positive direction; a belt member that connects the first moving member and the second moving member; and a belt-member guiding member that controls a moving direction of the belt member, and changes the moving direction of the belt member at least once.

Member moving mechanism and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an exposure unit, and a main housing. An electrostatic latent image is formed on the image bearing member. The exposure unit includes an optical device that irradiates the image bearing member with light to form the electrostatic latent image, and a housing that defines a storage space in which the optical device is located. The main housing includes a partition wall that divides an inner space of the main housing into a first space in which the image bearing member is located and a second space in which the exposure unit is located. The housing includes a first opening wall having a first opening through which the storage space communicates with the second space. The optical device irradiates the image bearing member with light through the first opening.

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Osaka, Japan

Hiroaki Tsuchiya