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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
May. 14, 2020
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Takashi Morita, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a toner container and an apparatus main body. The toner container contains a toner. To the apparatus main body, the toner container is attached in a detachable manner. The toner container includes a container main body and a shutter. The container main body has a toner discharge port. The shutter is rotatable between a close position where the shutter closes the toner discharge port and an open position where the shutter opens the toner discharge port. The apparatus main body includes a driving source and a connection mechanism connectable the driving source to the shutter. When the driving source is driven in a state where the connection mechanism connects the driving source to the shutter, a driving force of the driving source is transmitted to the shutter via the connection mechanism, and the shutter is rotated from the close position to the open position.