Toner cartridge opening control arrangement
AssigneeGeneral Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsJui-Chi Wang, Robin Hsu, Ren Hao Liu
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Abstract
A toner cartridge opening control arrangement is constructed to include a toner cartridge for accommodating toner, the toner cartridge having an opening for output of the toner into a toner receiving container, a removable sealing member adapted to close/open the opening of the toner cartridge, a force applying member for receiving an external pulling force to move the removable sealing member, a magnetism device for imparting an outward pressure to the force applying member, and a releasable locking device adapted to lock the force applying member.
Claims11
A toner cartridge opening control arrangement mountable to an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a toner cartridge for accommodating toner and having a toner supply opening;
- a removable sealing member being movable between a close position to open the opening of said toner cartridge and a close position to close the opening of said toner cartridge;
- a force applying member for receiving an external pulling force to move said removable sealing member from said close position toward said open position;
- a magnetism device, which imparts an outward pressure to said force applying member toward said open position;
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- a releasable locking device adapted to lock said force applying member in said close position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.