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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2021
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Takashi Morita, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A shutter output portion is engaged with a shutter input portion of a developer container and supported to be displaced between an opening position and a closing position. The shutter output portion, when located at the opening position, opens a shutter of the developer container, and when located at the closing position, closes the shutter. A main interlocking mechanism causes the shutter output portion to move in conjunction with opening and closing operation of the cover portion such that the shutter output portion is displaced to the opening position when the cover portion is closed, and to the closing position when the cover portion is opened. The main interlocking mechanism includes a switch mechanism that releases an interlock between the shutter output portion and the closing operation of the cover portion in accordance with a release operation, and enables the interlock in accordance with an enabling operation.