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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hideji Hayashi, Okazaki, JP;
Kengo Asai, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A first shutter covers a first supply port formed in an outer peripheral surface of a main body, and can move in an outer peripheral direction along the outer peripheral surface of the main body. A pair of guiding members respectively formed on both ends of the first shutter guide the first shutter in the outer peripheral direction. A lock mechanism fixes the first shutter to achieve a closed state of the first supply port. The lock mechanism includes a protrusion provided to the first shutter, the protrusion being capable of engaging with a recess formed in the outer peripheral surface. Fixing by the lock mechanism is released when the protrusion elastically deforms and is disengaged from the recess. The protrusion, the recess, and the first supply port are disposed along a virtual curve between the pair of guiding members.