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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toyohiko Awano, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developer discharge structure includes a tube-shaped container portion disposed in an apparatus body and holding developer, the container portion having an outlet port that allows the developer to be discharged to a recovery container; an opening-closing member disposed in the container portion, opening the outlet port when the recovery container is positioned in an attached position in which the recovery container is attached to the apparatus body, and closing the outlet port when the recovery container is positioned in a detached position in which the recovery container is detached from the apparatus body; and an operating member disposed in the apparatus body and performing a detachment preparation operation, in which a member disposed adjacent to the container portion is prepared for detachment from the apparatus body, to restrict movement of the opening-closing member from a position in which the opening-closing member closes the outlet port.