Image-forming device having holder unit, in which toner box is detechably mounted

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9014595
APP PUB NO 20140270858A1
SERIAL NO

14161499

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In an image forming device, a drawer may move in a moving direction between an accommodated position, in which the drawer is accommodated in a main casing, and a pull-out position, in which at least part of the drawer is outside of the main casing. Toner boxes may be detachably attachable to the drawer. Each toner box may include: a toner container that may accommodate toner therein and that may be formed with an opening; and a shutter that may move between an open position for opening the opening and a closed position for closing the opening. The drawer may include a plurality of operation portions in one to one correspondence with the plurality of toner boxes. Each operation portion may move the shutter of a corresponding toner box between the open position and the closed position.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Itabashi, Nao Nagoya, JP 261 1961

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