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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2025
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Kei Wakayama, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a cover and a toner container. The cover opens and closes a side surface of an apparatus main body. The toner container is detachably attached to an inside of the apparatus main body. The cover is turned between a close position and an open position where an angle between the side surface of the apparatus main body and the cover is acute. The toner container includes a replenishment vessel and a recovery vessel, and the replenishment vessel and the recovery vessel are arranged in an upper-and-lower direction. The toner container is turned between an attachment position and a detachment position inclined so as to be along the cover. The toner container arranged in the detachment position is detached along the cover arranged at the close position.
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