Image forming agent holding container, image forming device, and method of filling image forming agent
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorKota Furuhata
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Abstract
There is provided an image forming agent holding container having a container body that is installable into and removable from an image forming device body and in which an ejection hole for use in ejection of image forming agent is formed, an opening/closing part that is shiftably mounted on the container body so as to open and close the ejection hole, and a manipulating part turnably supported by the container body to be used for shifting the opening/closing part relative to the container body, the manipulating part shifting to and from an open position to place the ejection hole in an open state, a sealing position to place the ejection hole in a sealed state, and a fitting position to fit the manipulating part to the container body.
Claims12
An image forming agent holding container comprising:
- a container body that is installable into and removable from an image forming device body and in which an ejection hole for use in ejection of image forming agent is formed,
- a cover covering a filling hole formed in the container body;
- an opening/closing part that is shiftably mounted on the container body so as to open and close the ejection hole, and
- a manipulating part turnably supported by the container body to be used for shifting the opening/closing part relative to the container body,
- the manipulating part shifting to and from
- an open position to place the ejection hole in an open state,
- a sealing position to place the ejection hole in a sealed state, and
- a filling position where the manipulating part is not disposed above the cover and the ejection hole being in the sealed state.
An image forming device having:
- an image forming agent holding container for holding image forming agent, and
- an image forming part that forms an image by using image forming agent held in the image forming agent holding container,
- the image forming agent holding container having
- a container body that is installable into and removable from an image forming device body and in which an ejection hole for use in ejection of image forming agent is formed,
- a cover covering a filling hole formed in the container body,
- an opening/closing part that is shiftably mounted on the container body so as to open and close the ejection hole, and
- a manipulating part turnably supported by the container body to be used for shifting the opening/closing part relative to the container body, and
- the manipulating part shifting to and from
- an open position to place the ejection hole in an open state,
- a sealing position to place the ejection hole in a sealed state, and
- a filling position where the manipulating part is not disposed above the cover and the ejection hole being in the sealed state.
A method of filling image forming agent comprising:
- fitting the fitting part to the container body, in a state in which, in an image forming agent holding container having a container body that is installable into and removable from an image forming device body and in which an ejection hole for use in ejection of image forming agent is formed, a cover covering a filling hole formed in the container body, an opening/closing part that is shiftably mounted on the container body so as to open and close the ejection hole, and a manipulating part turnably supported by the container body to be used for shifting the opening/closing part relative to the container body, the manipulating part shifting to and from an open position to place the ejection hole in an open state, a sealing position to place the ejection hole in a sealed state, and a filling position where the manipulating part is not disposed above the cover and the ejection hole being in a sealed state,
- placing the manipulating part is placed in the filling position;
- filling the container body with image forming agent when the manipulating part is placed in the filling position;
- and
- shifting the manipulating part to the sealing position after filling the container body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.