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US 11,454,912 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus including a display unit for displaying information about a procedure for replenishing developer
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKatsuhiko Oba, Kohei Koguchi, Isao Koishi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developer bearing member, a discharge unit, a stacking tray including a stacking surface on which the recording material is stacked, a replenishment port, a cover capable of moving between a closed position where the cover covers the replenishment port and constitutes at least part of the stacking surface and an open position where the cover exposes the replenishment port, and an information display unit for displaying information about a procedure for replenishing the developing container with the developer from the replenishment container.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image bearing member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed;
- a developer bearing member configured to develop the electrostatic latent image into a toner image by bearing a developer accommodated in a developing container and supplying the developer to the image bearing member;
- a discharge unit configured to discharge a recording material on which the toner image is transferred out of an apparatus main body;
- a replenishment port to which a replenishment container accommodating a developer is attached, the replenishment port being configured to replenish the developing container with the developer from the replenishment container;
- a cover configured to move between a closed position where the cover covers the replenishment port and an open position where the cover exposes the replenishment port, a front side of the cover constituting at least part of a stacking surface on which the recording material discharged by the discharge unit is stacked;
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- an information display unit configured to display information about a procedure for replenishing the developing container with the developer from the replenishment container, the information display unit being located on a back side of the cover and at a position not overlapping the replenishment container when viewed in a horizontal direction from downstream to upstream in a discharge direction of the recording material by the discharge unit in a state where the replenishment container is attached to the replenishment port with the cover at the open position,
- wherein the replenishment port and the information display unit are each located within a width of the stacking surface in a width direction of the recording material, the width direction being parallel to the stacking surface and orthogonal to the discharge direction of the recording material.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image bearing member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed;
- a developer bearing member configured to develop the electrostatic latent image into a toner image by bearing a developer accommodated in a developing container and supplying the developer to the image bearing member;
- a discharge unit configured to discharge a recording material on which the toner image is transferred out of an apparatus main body;
- a replenishment port to which a replenishment container accommodating a developer is attached, the replenishment port being configured to replenish the developing container with the developer from the replenishment container;
- a cover configured to move between a closed position where the cover covers the replenishment port and an open position where the cover exposes the replenishment port, a front side of the cover constituting at least part of a stacking surface on which the recording material discharged by the discharge unit is stacked;
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- an information display unit configured to display information about a procedure for replenishing the developing container with the developer from the replenishment container, the information display unit being located on a predetermined surface where the replenishment port is provided, wherein the predetermined surface is configured to oppose to a back side of the cover with the cover at the closed position,
- wherein the replenishment port and the information display unit are each located within a width of the stacking surface in a width direction of the recording material, the width direction being parallel to the stacking surface and orthogonal to a discharge direction of the recording material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.