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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2022
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A main body of an image forming apparatus includes a developing device, a mounting portion to or from which a toner refill cartridge is attachable or detachable and which is connected to the developing device to transfer a toner in the toner refill cartridge to the developing device. The main body has a housing provided with a communicating hole so that the toner refill cartridge is mountable on the mounting portion from the outside. The image forming apparatus includes the main body, a pop-up module to push the toner refill cartridge in a removal direction and pop up the toner refill cartridge from the mounting portion, and a controller to cause the toner refill cartridge to pop up by operating the pop-up module when refilling with the toner is completed.