IMAGE FORMING AGENT STORAGE CONTAINER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MOUNTING IMAGE FORMING AGENT STORAGE CONTAINER, METHOD OF DETACHING IMAGE FORMING AGENT STORAGE CONTAINER AND METHOD OF FILLING IMAGE FORMING AGENT, AND METHOD OF REFILLING IMAGE FORMING AGENT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: an image forming agent storage container configured to facilitate the sealing of a discharge hole formed in a container body; an image forming apparatus; a method of mounting the image forming agent storage container; a method of detaching the image forming agent st...

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Main Authors OKAMOTO MASAYA, FURUHATA KOTA
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 10.02.2011
Subjects
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
HOLOGRAPHY
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: an image forming agent storage container configured to facilitate the sealing of a discharge hole formed in a container body; an image forming apparatus; a method of mounting the image forming agent storage container; a method of detaching the image forming agent storage container; a method of filling an image forming agent; and a method of refilling the image forming agent. SOLUTION: The storage container 300 includes the container body 306 formed with the discharge hole 312 and a filling hole 314, an opening and closing part 350 opening and closing the discharge hole 312, a lid member 340 sealing the filling hole, and an operating member 380 having a facing portion 382 facing the filling hole 314 and used to operate the opening and closing part 350. The operating member 380 moves between a first position where the discharge hole 312 is brought into an opened state, a second position where the discharge hole 312 is brought into a closed state and the facing portion 382 is arranged at a position which overlaps the container body 306, and a third position where the discharge hole 312 is brought into a closed state and the facing portion 382 is arranged at a position which does not overlap the container body 306 in the direction of gravity. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20090171018