Abstract: A toner cartridge in a bottle shape for storing toner is composed of a first cylindrical portion having a blocked bottom wall at one end and an opening at the other end and a second cylindrical portion in which one end thereof is connected to the opening, and an opening for ejecting toner is formed at the other end, and the outside diameter thereof is smaller than the first cylindrical portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus forms an excellent-quality image by using a recycle developer obtained by recovering a developer remaining on an image carrier.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on a sheet; a paper feeding cassette configured to store sheets to be supplied to the image forming unit; a case configured to house the image forming unit and the paper feeding cassette; a scanner provided in an upper part of the case, shifted with respect to an area surrounded by sides of the case, and configured to read an image of an original document; a second connecting section provided in an upper part of the case, which is an area of the area surrounded by sides of the case where the scanner is not located, and connected to a first connecting section provided on a bottom surface of a paper discharging apparatus that receives a sheet from the image forming unit; and a discharging unit configured to discharge the sheet from the image forming unit to a conveying path of the paper discharging apparatus when the first connecting section and the second connecting section are connected.

Abstract: This invention provides a buffering block with a Mylar bonded on the upper surface of an urethane rubber made base material on the bottom surface of the inserting port of an inserting side frame to support a toner bottle. When a toner bottle is slid and taken out from a copying machine, its inclined portion and cap portion run against the buffering block. Thus, a shock given to the toner bottle when taken out from the copying machine is eased and toner adhered around the cap portion is prevented from dropping to and contaminating the periphery of the inserting side frame.

Abstract: A toner cartridge in a bottle shape for storing toner is composed of a first cylindrical portion having a blocked bottom wall at one end and an opening at the other end and a second cylindrical portion in which one end thereof is connected to the opening, and an opening for ejecting toner is formed at the other end, and the outside diameter thereof is smaller than the first cylindrical portion.

Abstract: It is possible to provide a technique capable of attaching a reactor to a power source unit even upon shipping a package containing an image forming apparatus from a factory as well as opening the package and installing the image forming apparatus in a place for installment, by optionally attaching the reactor to the power source unit. An image forming apparatus includes a case to accommodate a main body of the image forming apparatus and having a bottom portion; and a power source unit provided with at least an AC filter unit and a DC output circuit unit, and a reactor space disposed in the bottom portion of the case, the reactor space being a space for installing a reactor between the AC filter unit and the DC output circuit unit.

Abstract: A toner cartridge in a bottle shape for storing toner is composed of a first cylindrical portion having a blocked bottom wall at one end and an opening at the other end and a second cylindrical portion in which one end thereof is connected to the opening, and an opening for ejecting toner is formed at the other end, and the outside diameter thereof is smaller than the first cylindrical portion.

Abstract: A felt that cleans the surface of a drive roller or secondary transfer supporting roller that stretches an intermediate transfer belt is supported by a Mylar at its one free end, the other end thereof being fixed to a bracket. The felt is swingably brought into contact with the drive roller or secondary transfer supporting roller by an elastic force of the Mylar.

Abstract: A toner container for use in an image forming apparatus to discharge toner from the toner container upon rotation of the toner container in the image forming apparatus along a direction of a rotation axis of the toner container has a cylindrical body unit for containing a toner; a cylindrical end portion at a first end of the toner container, the cylindrical end portion including a first end face and a second end face; a toner supply port provided in the cylindrical end portion; and a protruded portion provided on the first end face of the first end portion, the first end face being recessed from the second end surface and positioned under said toner supply port.

Abstract: This invention provides a buffering block with a Mylar bonded on the upper surface of an urethane rubber made base material on the bottom surface of the inserting port of an inserting side frame to support a toner bottle. When a toner bottle is slid and taken out from a copying machine, its inclined portion and cap portion run against the buffering block. Thus, a shock given to the toner bottle when taken out from the copying machine is eased and toner adhered around the cap portion is prevented from dropping to and contaminating the periphery of the inserting side frame.

Abstract: A toner supply device is equipped with a coupling that has a toner supply opening on the side wall, a partition wall provided in this coupling integrally with a specific space provided on the inner wall and a hole larger than a toner supply opening on the side wall. A toner bottle containing toner is provided in the coupling with its cap portion inserted airtight into the partition wall detachably and an opening provided on its cap portion opposing to the hole on the partition wall for replenishing toner to a developing device from this opening through the hole and a toner supply opening.

Abstract: This invention provides a buffering block with a Mylar bonded on the upper surface of an urethane rubber made base material on the bottom surface of the inserting port of an inserting side frame to support a toner bottle. When a toner bottle is slid and taken out from a copying machine, its inclined portion and cap portion run against the buffering block. Thus, a shock given to the toner bottle when taken out from the copying machine is eased and toner adhered around the cap portion is prevented from dropping to and contaminating the periphery of the inserting side frame.

Abstract: A fixing unit as an embodiment of the present invention has a main body frame to contain a photoconductive drum and a fixing unit, a protection cover which is placed in a space to a toner drum and has a three-dimensional structure to form an air layer in a clearance to the main body frame, a first cover and second cover rotated on the same rotating axis, and a knob and knob which are formed on the first cover and second cover, respectively, and placed on different surfaces.

Abstract: To provide a technique that can maintain satisfactory operability with a simple configuration regardless of brightness of an environment in which an image processing apparatus is set. The image processing apparatus includes an operation input section that receives an operation input of a user, a supporting member that supports the operation input section in a position away from an apparatus main body, and a light source that is supported together with the operation input section by the supporting member and illuminates an area for work by the user in the apparatus main body.

Abstract: It is possible to provide a technique capable of attaching a reactor to a power source unit even upon shipping a package containing an image forming apparatus from a factory as well as opening the package and installing the image forming apparatus in a place for installment, by optionally attaching the reactor to the power source unit. An image forming apparatus includes a case to accommodate a main body of the image forming apparatus and having a bottom portion; and a power source unit provided with at least an AC filter unit and a DC output circuit unit, and a reactor space disposed in the bottom portion of the case, the reactor space being a space for installing a reactor between the AC filter unit and the DC output circuit unit.

Abstract: There is provided a technology capable of avoiding troubles caused by accidentally holding a handle for holding a transfer belt unit in maintaining the transfer belt unit. The transfer belt unit contains a frame unit that is composed of a plurality of frame members and supports rollers around which a transfer belt is wound, a connecting unit that connects the plurality of frame members of the frame unit to one another relatively rotatably on a plane including the rotational direction of the transfer belt, a fixing unit that is movable between a fixing position where the plurality of frame members is fixed to one another, and a handle unit that is supported at one end thereof on any one of the frame members and supported at the other end thereof by the fixing unit only when the fixing unit is located on the fixing position.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that outputs an image corresponding to image data to an output medium and a load bearing supporting structure that is connected to the image forming unit and can provide strength in a vertical direction when the image forming unit is housed in a housing member. The load bearing supporting structure houses therein a harness connectable to an operation unit that can input a control signal to the image forming unit.

Abstract: A toner cartridge in a bottle shape for storing toner is composed of a first cylindrical portion having a blocked bottom wall at one end and an opening at the other end and a second cylindrical portion in which one end thereof is connected to the opening, and an opening for ejecting toner is formed at the other end, and the outside diameter thereof is smaller than the first cylindrical portion.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, in an apparatus in which an operation panel is provided from a main body via a column, the column is located on a side of the main body and is hollow, and a harness from the main body is located in the column.

Abstract: The one embodiment of present invention provides an image forming apparatus including a memory unit that stores image data, a main control block that causes an image forming section to output an output image onto an output medium on the basis of the image data generated by an image reading section and stored in the memory unit, case members that houses any one of the memory unit and the main control block or both, respectively, and a cooling mechanism that is located in a predetermined position of the case members and guides an air flow that has passes through one case member to the other case member.