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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2007
Yasunobu Ohkawa, Nara, JP;
Jinichi Nagata, Osaka, JP;
Kiwamu Morita, Minamikawachi-gun, JP;
Yasuhiro Takai, Sakurai, JP;
Yasunobu Ohkawa, Nara, JP;
Jinichi Nagata, Osaka, JP;
Kiwamu Morita, Minamikawachi-gun, JP;
Yasuhiro Takai, Sakurai, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A toner supply device including: a toner bottle filled with toner; and a toner supply assembly mounting mechanism having the toner bottle mounted thereon and feeding toner discharged from the toner bottle to a developing unit and supplying toner to the developing unit in accordance with the amount of toner consumed in the developing unit for the process of printing, further comprises: a toner bottle releasing mechanism which, when the amount of toner left in the toner bottle has been reduced to a predetermined level or lower, causes the toner bottle to move in the direction opposite to the direction in which the toner bottle is set into the toner supply assembly mounting mechanism and separate from the toner feed device.