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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Toru Nakayama, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 15/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus () includes a front covering () and a locking mechanism (). The front covering () is opened and closed in attachment or detachment of a toner container (). The locking mechanism () locks the front covering (). The term 'lock' refers to the front covering () being kept closed with no external force acting on the front covering (). The toner container () includes a protrusion (). Only when the protrusion is located at a specific position of the toner container (), the locking mechanism () operates according to opening or closing of the front covering ().