# US 10,481,524 B2 · Component with sheet material adhered to surface thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,481,524 B2 - Document ID: US10481524B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/133,786 - Filed: 2018-09-18 - Published: 2019-03-28 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-27 - Assignees: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. - Applicants: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. - Inventors: Yuzo Harada - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10481524B2 ## CPC - G03G 15/0863: {provided with identifying means or means for storing process- or use parameters, e.g. an electronic memory} - B65D 77/204: {the cover having an unsealed portion for initiating removal (B65D77/2036 takes precedence)} - G03G 15/0894: {Reconditioning of the developer unit, i.e. reusing or recycling parts of the unit, e.g. resealing of the unit before refilling with toner} - G03G 21/181: {Manufacturing or assembling, recycling, reuse, transportation, packaging or storage} - G03G 21/1875: {provided with identifying means or means for storing process- or use parameters, e.g. lifetime of the cartridge} - B32B 2519/00: Labels, badges - C09J 2203/334: as a label - G03G 2215/00987: Remanufacturing, i.e. reusing or recycling parts of the image forming apparatus - G03G 2215/0695: using identification means or means for storing process or use parameters - G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM - C09J: ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES (preparation of glue or gelatine C09H) ## Abstract A component has a surface to which a sheet material having an adhesive surface is adhered, and an adhesive target region on a surface of the component, to which the sheet material is adhered, is provided at the peripheral edge thereof with a first region and a second region. The first region includes a recess that allows a predetermined sheet material peeling tool to be insertable to a side of the adhesive surface of the sheet material. The second region is positioned in the vicinity of the first region, and includes a region not in contact with the adhesive surface of the sheet material or a region mixedly including a part in contact with the adhesive surface and a part not in contact with the adhesive surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A component having a surface to which a sheet material having an adhesive surface is adhered, wherein an adhesive target region on a surface of the component, to which the sheet material is adhered, is provided at a peripheral edge thereof with a first region including a recess that allows a predetermined sheet material peeling tool to be insertable to a side of the adhesive surface of the sheet material, and a second region positioned in the vicinity of the first region, and the second region includes a region mixedly including a part in contact with the adhesive surface and a part not in contact with the adhesive surface, the region being configured by an embossed surface or by a plurality of pyramid-shaped convex parts arranged adjacent to one another. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The component of claim 1, wherein the number of second regions is two, and the two second regions are juxtaposed along the peripheral edge of the adhesive target region to be symmetrically positioned with the first region interposed therebetween. ### Claim 3 A component having a surface to which a sheet material having an adhesive surface is adhered, wherein an adhesive target region on a surface of the component, to which the sheet material is adhered, is provided at a peripheral edge thereof with a first region including a recess that allows a predetermined sheet material peeling tool to be insertable to a side of the adhesive surface of the sheet material, and a second region positioned in the vicinity of the first region, and the second region includes a region not in contact with the adhesive surface of the sheet material or a region mixedly including a part in contact with the adhesive surface and a part not in contact with the adhesive surface, the recess constituting the first region is formed to intersect the peripheral edge of the adhesive target region when viewed from a vertical direction of the adhesive target region, and a wall surface of the recess, which is positioned at an outer side of the adhesive target region in an intersection direction, is an inclined surface which is inclined to a bottom side of the recess toward an inner side from the outer side of the intersection direction, the sheet material peeling tool is a rod-shaped member having a distal end part insertable into the recess, the component is provided on a surface thereof with a stepped part at a position higher than the surface to which the sheet material is adhered, and the stepped part is provided on a straight line passing through a center position in a width direction of the inclined surface and extending in the intersection direction, and is configured to serve as a fulcrum of a lever by abutting an intermediate part of the rod-shaped member inserted into the recess. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The component of claim 3, wherein the component is a toner container which is mounted in an image forming apparatus, the toner container includes a communication board that transmits identification information toward the image forming apparatus in a state in which the toner container has been mounted in the image forming apparatus, and the stepped part has a board accommodating recess that accommodates the communication board and allows the communication board to be positioned at a predetermined height. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The component of claim 3, wherein the inclined surface is formed with a semi-conical recess having a diameter which is reduced toward inner side from the outer side of the intersection direction.