Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKAZUAKI NOGAMI, TAKEO KAWANAMI, AKINORI MITSUMATA, TAKEHIRO MIYASHITA
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an attaching portion including an operation member configured to be movable together with a container shutter, a toner storage portion configured to store toner received from a receiving port, an actuator configured to regulate a movement of the operation member, and a control unit configured to control the actuator. The operation member is configured to open and close the container shutter from an outside in a state in which the toner container is attached to the attaching portion. In a case where a predetermined condition is met, the control unit controls the actuator to release a regulation of the movement of the operation member.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus to which a toner container including an opening portion for supplying toner and a container shutter configured to open and close the opening portion is detachably attached, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- an attaching portion to which the toner container is attached, the attaching portion including;
- a receiving port configured to receive the toner supplied from the toner container;
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- an operation member configured to be movable together with the container shutter and configured to open and close the container shutter from an outside in a state in which the toner container is attached to the attaching portion;
- a toner storage portion configured to store the toner received from the receiving port;
- an actuator configured to regulate a movement of the operation member;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the actuator,
- wherein the control unit controls the actuator to release a regulation of the movement of the operation member in a case where a predetermined condition is met.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a receiving portion including:
- a receiving port configured to receive toner supplied from an outside;
- an apparatus body shutter configured to open and close the receiving port;
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- an operation member configured to open and close the apparatus body shutter from an outside;
- a toner storage portion configured to store the toner received from the receiving port;
- an actuator configured to regulate a movement of the operation member;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the actuator,
- wherein the control unit controls the actuator to release a regulation of the movement of the operation member in a case where a predetermined condition is met.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.