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US 2004/0105703 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorKen Nozawa
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InventorKen Nozawa
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A toner cartridge holds toner therein and is attached into an image forming apparatus. The toner cartridge has a mounting construction with a rotary member that is rotated about an axis to a position where the toner is discharged into the image forming. The mounting construction includes a first inclined surface and an engagement portion. The first inclined surface is formed on the rotary member, the surface extending in a first plane at a first angle with the axis. When the toner cartridge is placed in the image forming apparatus, the engagement portion formed on the image forming apparatus, engaging the first inclined surface. When the rotary member is rotated in a first direction, the engagement portion slides on the first inclined surface so that the toner cartridge is displaced in a second direction parallel to the axis.
A mounting construction of a toner cartridge that holds toner therein and is attached into an image forming apparatus, the toner cartridge having a rotary member that is rotated about an axis to a position where the toner is discharged into the image forming apparatus, the mounting construction comprising:
An image forming apparatus to which a toner cartridge having a rotary member is attached, wherein the rotary member is rotated about an axis to a position where the toner is discharged into the image forming apparatus,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.