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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2016
General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd., Taichung County, TW;
Kuan-Tung Li, Taichung County, TW;
Yueh-Chun Lee, Taichung County, TW;
GENERAL PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., TAICHUNG, TW;
Abstract
A releasing mechanism usable for a toner supply container, includes a plate having a first groove and a second groove; a releasing member slidably sleeved on a front end of the container, and having an opening in fluid communication with the container, an urging section, and a fixing structure; an elastic member having two ends respectively urging the container and the urging section; and a hook member having a first end movably fixed to the fixing structure, a first pin slidably received in the first groove, and a second pin slidably received in the second groove. The releasing member receives a pressing force from an apparatus and an elastic force from the elastic member. The cooperation of the pressing force, the elastic force, the hook member, the first groove, and the second groove enables the first pin and the second pin moving in a one-way direction only.