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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Munetsugu, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A replenishing system includes a first image forming apparatus including a first image forming portion, a first accommodating portion and a first mounting port, a second image forming apparatus including a second image forming portion, a second accommodating portion and a second mounting port different from the first mounting port in a shape, a first accommodating device including a first interface portion and accommodating a consumable agent, a second accommodating device including a second interface portion different from the first interface portion in a shape and accommodating a consumable agent. The first interface portion is mountable on the first mounting port, the consumable agent accommodated by the first accommodating device is capable of being replenished, the second interface portion is not mountable on the first mounting port, each of the first and second interface portions is mountable on the second mounting port, and the consumable agent accommodated by the first and second accommodating device are capable of being replenished each other.