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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2014
Akira Fujimori, Yokohama, JP;
Hideki Kosugi, Yokohama, JP;
Tatsuya Kubo, Kawasaki, JP;
Kentaro Nodera, Sagamihara, JP;
Shinnosuke Koshizuka, Yamato, JP;
Teppei Kikuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Fujimori, Yokohama, JP;
Hideki Kosugi, Yokohama, JP;
Tatsuya Kubo, Kawasaki, JP;
Kentaro Nodera, Sagamihara, JP;
Shinnosuke Koshizuka, Yamato, JP;
Teppei Kikuchi, Yokohama, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner-container support unit is provided. The toner-container support unit includes: a toner container housing toner; a container mount including an internal space to accommodate the toner container; a toner-container receiver which is provided on an internal end side of the internal space of the container mount; a positioning hole formed on the back end surface of the toner container; a positioning pin provided in the toner-container receiver; a retracting assembly retracting a back end portion of the toner container to a toner-container receiver side when inserting the toner container into the container mount; and an inclination stopper which prevents the inclination of the toner container when the back end portion of the toner container is retracted by the retracting assembly toward the toner-container receiver.