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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2016
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Sato, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A toner container includes a second lever. A toner supply portion includes a second actuating portion that, during a process in which the toner container is attached to the toner supply portion, switches the second lever from a third position to a fourth position. The waste toner collecting portion includes a third actuating portion and a stopper member. The third actuating portion, during the toner container attachment process, acts on the second lever disposed at the third position and prohibits an attachment of the toner container, and acts on the second lever disposed at the fourth position and permits an attachment of the toner container. The stopper member is prohibits an attachment of the toner container in a state of having been attached to a first attachment position, and permits the attachment in a state of having been attached to a second attachment position.