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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroaki Tsuchiya, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 15/0886 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus body of an image forming apparatus is provided with a drive transmission mechanism including a first rotation portion and a second rotation portion. An operation portion of a toner container includes a first connection portion to be connected to the first rotation portion. An opening and closing mechanism of the toner container includes a second connection portion to be connected to the second rotation portion. The opening and closing mechanism opens and closes a toner outlet by the second connection portion being rotated.