Photocopier and multifunction printer
AssigneeMatsushita Graphic Communication Systems, Inc.
InventorMasashi Nakamura
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Abstract
A photocopier includes a toner bottle that discharges toner from an opening by a rotation, a motor that rotates said toner bottle and a contacting section provided at a position through which a protrusion of the toner bottle passes when the protrusion comes down by the rotation of the toner bottle. When the weight of the toner bottle is more than or equal to a predetermined value, the contacting section descends by the weight of the toner bottle when the protrusion passes through the contacting section, and the contacting section ascend when the protrusion passes away from the contacting section. When the weight of the toner bottle is less than a predetermined value, the contacting section doesn't descend by the weight of the toner bottle.
Claims6
A photocopier comprising:
- a toner bottle that discharges toner from an opening by a rotation, said toner bottle having a protrusion;
- a motor that rotates said toner bottle;
- and
- a contacting section provided at a position through which the protrusion passes when the protrusion comes down by the rotation of said toner bottle, said contacting section being movable;
- wherein when the weight of said toner bottle is more than or equal to a predetermined value, said contacting section descends by the weight of said toner bottle when the protrusion passes through said contacting section, and said contacting section ascends when the protrusion passes away from said contacting section,
- wherein when the weight of said toner bottle is less than a predetermined value, said contacting section doesn't descend by the weight of said toner bottle but the protrusion rises up onto said contacting section to apply vibration to said toner bottle when the protrusion passes through said contacting section.
A multifunction printer connected to a remote terminal to print image data from the remote terminal, the printer comprising:
- a scanner configured to scan a document to obtain image data;
- a printer configured to print the image data obtained by said scanner, and print the image data from the remote terminal;
- a toner bottle that discharges toner from an opening by a rotation, said toner bottle having a protrusion;
- a motor that rotates said toner bottle;
- and
- a contacting section provided at a position through which the protrusion passes when the protrusion comes down by the rotation of said toner bottle, said contacting section being movable;
- wherein when the weight of said toner bottle is more than or equal to a predetermined value, said contacting section descends by the weight of said toner bottle when the protrusion passes through said contacting section, and said contacting section ascends when the protrusion passes away from said contacting section,
- wherein when the weight of said toner bottle is less than a predetermined value, said contacting section doesn't descend by the weight of said toner bottle but the protrusion rises up onto said contacting section to apply vibration to said toner bottle when the protrusion passes through said contacting section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.