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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
May. 17, 2013
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Atsushi Fujii, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a toner case, an apparatus main body and a cover. The toner case is attachably/detachably installed to the apparatus main body and includes a case main body having a discharge port discharging a toner, a shutter opening/closing the discharge port and a lever connected with the shutter. The cover is openably/closably attached to the apparatus main body and partly covers the toner case. The lever is shifted to a first position in order to make the shutter close the discharge port and to allow the close of the cover without interfering with the cover, to a second position in order to make the shutter close the discharge port and to interfere with the cover, or to a third position in order to make the shutter open the discharge port and to allow the close of the cover without interfering with the cover.