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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2008
Takuma Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A replacement unit having a toner bottle and a fixing liquid bottle integrated with each other is attached to a printer main body (image forming apparatus main body). Toner particles accommodated in the toner bottle are allowed to be supplied to a development device of the image forming apparatus main body. A sheet member (sealing unit) of a liquid supplying port of the fixing liquid bottle is broken by an insertion pin provided in the printer main body in synchronization with the attachment of the replacement unit to the printer main body. A toner fixing liquid including a softening agent for softening the toner particles and a solvent for dissolving or dispersing the softening agent is supplied from the fixing liquid bottle to a fixing liquid storage of a fixing device of the printer main body.