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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
May. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Yuta Nohara, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 15/0865 (2013.01); G03G 21/1619 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1654 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1657 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image carrier, a developing device, a toner container, a container cover, a driver, a lock mechanism and a lock restricting portion. The lock mechanism is switched to a locking state for locking the container cover in a closed state and an unlocking state for causing the container cover to transition from the closed state to the open state. The lock restricting portion obstructs a state change of the lock mechanism from the unlocking state to the locking state if the container cover is not attached to the apparatus body.