Canon kabushiki kaisha (20240427281). IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Organization Name

canon kabushiki kaisha

Inventor(s)

Koji Wada of Kanagawa (JP)

Tsuyoshi Ogawa of Tokyo (JP)

Hiroshi Takarada of Kanagawa (JP)

Kenji Matsuzaka of Kanagawa (JP)

Takao Sameshima of Kanagawa (JP)

Tomio Noguchi of Shizuoka (JP)

Yuichiro Inaba of Kanagawa (JP)

Kenichi Iida of Tokyo (JP)

Masaaki Sato of Kanagawa (JP)

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240427281 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Original Abstract Submitted

an image forming apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable, the developer container including an accommodating portion, and a supporting portion, wherein the developer container includes a projection portion that is provided at one end portion thereof in the rotation axis direction of the developer bearing member and projects toward the supporting portion more than a center portion of the developer container in a crossing direction crossing the rotation axis direction, the projection portion communicates with the accommodating portion and includes, at a distal end portion thereof, an attachment portion configured such that the replenishment container is attachable thereto in a state of being exposed to the outside of the apparatus, and a replenishment port for replenishing the accommodating portion with developer from the replenishment container is defined in the attachment portion.