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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Masanobu Maeshima, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuya Yamanaka, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17523 (2013.01); B41J 2/17553 (2013.01); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inkjet image forming apparatus includes an ink container and a container installed part. The ink container is configured to store an ink. To the container installed part, the ink container is attached/detached along an installing direction. The ink container includes a container case and a shutter. The container case has a lower face to which a supplying port discharging the ink is located. The shutter is located to leave a space from the supplying port and switchable between a closing state covering a bottom of the supplying port and an opening state exposing the supplying port.