Toner container and full color image forming device
AssigneeKyocera Mita Corporation
InventorRumi NAGAE
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Abstract
Toner containers are disclosed which are arranged in a horizontal direction, each toner container including (a) a container body that has an opening formed in the top thereof, and a first brim member formed around the entire circumference of the opening so as to protrude outward, and (b) a container lid that has an opening formed in the bottom thereof, and a second brim member formed around the entire circumference of the opening so as to protrude outward and connected to the first brim member. Here, the left side brim member and the right side brim member of the first brim member and the second brim member are formed in different positions in the vertical direction.
Claims13
A toner container for an image forming device, comprising:
- a container configured to contain toner in the interior thereof,
- a first protruding portion formed on one of the lateral sides of the container so as to protrude in a first direction;
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- a second protruding portion formed on the lateral side opposite the lateral side on which the first protruding portion is formed so as to protrude in the first direction;
- wherein the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion are formed in different positions on the container in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.
A full color image forming device that forms an image with a plurality of color toners, comprising:
- an image forming unit configured to form an image;
- a fixing unit configured to fix the image formed in the image forming unit on a print sheet;
- a sheet transport unit configured to transport the print sheet to the image forming unit and the fixing unit;
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- a toner supply unit configured to supply toner to the image forming unit, the toner supply unit comprising a plurality of toner containers arranged in a first direction, each toner container comprising:
- a container body configured to contain toner in the interior thereof and having an opening formed therein, and a container body side brim member formed around the entire circumference of the opening of the container body so as to protrude outward;
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- a container lid having an opening formed therein, and a container lid side brim member formed around the entire circumference of the opening of the container lid so as to protrude outward, the container lid side brim member configured to be connected to the container body side brim member;
- wherein the plurality of toner containers are arranged so that the container body side brim member and the container lid side brim member formed on adjacent toner containers of the plurality of toner containers are not arranged in the same position in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and at least a portion of the container body side brim member and the container lid side brim member formed on adjacent toner containers are arranged to overlap in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.