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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
May. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Yuta Nohara, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiaki Ikebata, Osaka, JP;
Kazuya Yamashita, Osaka, JP;
Tomohisa Soda, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0863 (2013.01); G03G 15/0868 (2013.01); G03G 15/0872 (2013.01); G03G 15/0886 (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 and a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism maintains the locking state if the container body is rotated in the first rotating direction by the driver, and receives a rotational drive force of the driver to switch the state thereof from the locking state to the unlocking state if the container body is rotated in the second rotating direction by the driver.