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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichiro Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus having a detachable replenishment container includes an image bearing member, a developer container, a developing bearing member to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member into a toner image by using toner accommodated in the developer container, and a replenishment port through which the developer container can be replenished with toner from the replenishment container. A restriction member transitions between an allowance state in which the replenishment container and the replenishment port communicate with each and a restriction state in which the replenishment container and the replenishment port are not made to communicate with one another.
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