IMAGE FORMING DEVICE

To provide an image forming device capable of suppressing increase in cost of a device due to increase in the number of components.SOLUTION: An image forming device includes: a bottle cover 20 as an inner cover for opening/closing an insertion port into which a toner bottle attachable/detachable to/...

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Main Authors MATSUDA NAOKI, NIEDA HIROAKI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published 22.05.2024
Subjects
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
HOLOGRAPHY
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
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Summary:To provide an image forming device capable of suppressing increase in cost of a device due to increase in the number of components.SOLUTION: An image forming device includes: a bottle cover 20 as an inner cover for opening/closing an insertion port into which a toner bottle attachable/detachable to/from a device body is inserted; and a lock device 40 as lock means for locking the bottle cover 20 in a closed state, and automatically releases lock when the toner bottle 14 is replaced. An outer cover is configured to be attachable/detachable to/from the device body and covers the bottle cover 20, an intermediate transfer unit 15, and an image forming unit in a closed state and exposes them to the outside in an open state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】部品点数の増加による装置のコストアップを抑制することができる画像形成装置を提供する。【解決手段】画像形成装置は、装置本体に着脱可能なトナーボトルが挿入される挿入口を開閉する内カバーとしてのボトルカバー２０と、ボトルカバー２０を閉じた状態でロックするロック手段としてのロック装置４０とを備え、トナーボトル１４を交換するときに、自動的にロックを解除している。装置本体に対して開閉可能に構成され、閉じた状態でボトルカバー２０と中間転写ユニット１５と作像ユニットとを閉じた状態で覆い、開いた状態で外部に露出させる。【選択図】図３
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20230165227