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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Shinnosuke Koshizuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Uenishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Susumu Tateyama, Ibaraki, JP;
Tatsuya Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Takayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kentaro Nodera, Kanagawa, JP;
Emi Kita, Osaka, JP;
Shinnosuke Koshizuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Uenishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Susumu Tateyama, Ibaraki, JP;
Tatsuya Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Takayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kentaro Nodera, Kanagawa, JP;
Emi Kita, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner supply device including a casing and a shutter member. The casing includes a toner container for containing toner, a discharge aperture for discharging the toner from the toner container, and an aperture. The shutter member includes an elastic part having at least one bending portion and the elastic part is elastically deformable. The shutter member is insertable into the casing through the aperture to be movable between a closed position at which the discharge aperture is closed and an opened position at which the discharge aperture is opened while the elastic part is kept elastically deformed.