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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2017
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Kitagawa, Osaka, JP;
Teruyuki Miyamoto, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A toner case includes a case main body, a rotator, a transmitter and a shutter. The case main body has a discharge port through which a toner is discharged. The rotator is stored in the case main body and rotates around a rotation axis. The transmitter transmits rotation to the rotator. At least a part of the transmitter is exposed to an outside of the case main body. The shutter is rotatable between a closing position where the shutter closes the discharge port and an opening position where the shutter opens the discharge port. The transmitter is movable between a first position and a second position which is arranged at an outside of the first position in a rotation axis direction of the rotator. The transmitter moves from the first position to the second position as the shutter rotates from the closing position to the opening position.