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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
May. 20, 2024
Toner container capable of shortening time of cleaning task before reuse and image forming apparatus
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Akira Horie, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A toner container includes first and second storage portions, a protrusion portion, a male screw portion, an opening portion, and a first latch portion. The first storage portion is elongated in an insertion direction to an image forming apparatus. The protrusion portion protrudes in the insertion direction from an end portion of the first storage portion. The male screw portion is provided at an outer circumferential portion of the protrusion portion. The second storage portion includes a female screw portion and extends in the insertion direction from the protrusion portion. The opening portion is provided at an outer circumferential portion of the second storage portion. The first latch portion latches forward screwing of the second storage portion with respect to the first storage portion at a specific forward screwing amount with which the opening portion faces a vertical direction with respect to the first storage portion in an insertion attitude.