Receptacle type connector
AssigneeJ. S. T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsKohei Ushio, Yutaka Ushiro
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Abstract
A receptacle type connector fixed to a side plate of an image forming device body includes a primary inserting and drawing recess which is open upward. A contact holding wall of an opponent plug type connector is inserted into and drawn out from the primary inserting and drawing recess. Even when toner intrudes into the primary inserting and drawing recess which is open, the toner can be discharged from the connector via the through-hole, which is formed in a lower portion of the primary inserting and drawing recess, by lightly tapping the receptacle type connector.
Claims8
A first connector having a receptacle configured to be attached to a second connector having a plug which is configured to be inserted into the first connector when a maintenance part is coupled with an image forming device said first connector comprising:
- a housing including an inserting and drawing recess, which is open upward, into which a contact holding wall of the second connector is inserted and from which the contact holding wall of the second connector is drawn out, wherein:
- the housing has a through-hole which opens a lower portion of the inserting and drawing recess;
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- a subsidiary inserting and drawing recess.
A maintenance part includes a toner cartridge which is insertably attached to an image forming device, said maintenance part having a first connector having a receptacle configured to be attached to a second connector having a plug which is configured to be inserted into the first connector when a maintenance part is coupled with an image forming device said first connector comprising:
- a housing including an inserting and drawing recess, which is normally open upward, into which a contact holding wall of the second connector is inserted and from which the contact holding wall of the plug type connector is drawn out, wherein:
- the housing has a through-hole which opens a lower portion of the inserting and drawing recess, and
- a subsidiary inserting and drawing recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.